ECO Jeans, Inc. had a mission to become the leading producer of environmentally friendly blue jeans, an emerging and in$-$demand category in the apparel industry. Its strategy involved leveraging a network of organic cotton farmers and suppliers of environmentally responsible synthetic materials to create a product that is durable, attractive, affordable, and $100\%$ recyclable. However, because it did not upgrade its outdated production facilities, ECO Jeans could not assemble its products at a low$-$enough cost to offer the jeans at a price that was attractive to customers. ECO Jeans$$ strategy failed because

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it failed to consider the competitive challenge.

it was not backed up with strategic commitments.

managers did not live by the company$$s core values.

the company did not stake out a unique strategy position.