The Future of M$-$Commerce

M$-$commerce has everything to do with speed and location, with short requests for information and prompt, relevant replies. Consider a scenario from the near future. Customers entering a butcher shop are offered a discount for waving their cell phone through an infrared sensor that records the telephone$$s number. Business at the store is brisk throughout the day. But near closing time, the butcher is anxious to get rid of some prime cuts of Argentine beef.

$$Mescon$,$ Michael H$.$; Bov$$e$,$ Courtland. L$.$; Thill, John V$.$ Business Today. New York, NY: Prentice Hall. $2002.$

a$.$ What conclusion does the author imply? $$

b$.$ What clues suggest this conclusion?