B
If shoplifting at ToySMart continues at the current rate, the shop' s owner will be forced to close the store. Raising the prices of the goods sold at ToySMart by 10% will help make up the shortfall in the store' s income; this change will ttherefore protect ToySMart from having to close. Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above?
A: Visitors to the store will be more likely to consider purchasing more of the shop's less-expensive products.
B: The rise in prices will not induce visitors who otherwise would not have shoplifted to shoplift items they can now not afford.
C: The rise in prices will have no effect on the number of goods sold, even if the rate of shoplifting remains the same.
D: Other stores may experience an increase in shoplifting as the practice is reduced at ToySMart.