Kellie is a buyer for a sportswear manufacturing company. One of the company$$s designers came to her recently with an idea for new running pants. Kellie is finding information on potential materials for creating the new running pant. Kellie has started looking at the materials available from current suppliers. She is also searching online to see if any new materials are available from other suppliers. Concerning the buying decision process, Kellie is in this stage:

Group of answer choices

Gather preliminary information

Recognition of a need

Evaluate alternatives

Make and implement the decision