The American textile industry has moved much of its operations offshore in the pursuit of lower labor costs. Textile imports have risen from 2% of all textile production in the early 1960s to over 70%. Offshore manufacturers make long runs of standard mass-market apparel items. These are then brought to the United States in container ships, requiring significant time between original order and delivery. As a result, retail customers must accurately forecast market demands for imported apparel items. Rather than competing with the offshore manufacturers on price in the textile industry, some U.S companies are:

a. providing smaller quantities with much faster delivery.
b. producing much larger batches with a strategy of flooding the market.
c. making large order commitments to control the fashion market.
d. "providing smaller quantities with much faster delivery", "producing much larger batches with a strategy of flooding the market", and "making large order commitments to control the fashion market" are correct.
e. None of these choices is correct.

Since most American companies have moved their textile production offshore and the textile materials take a long time to be shipped into the United States and delivered to customers following their orders, this presents an opportunity to some U.S. companies in the textile industry.

These companies can produce smaller quantities and deliver much faster to customers in the U.S. who will be happy to have their waiting time cut short.