B&Q is a British version of Home Depot. The retailer entered the Chinese market in 1999. It has invested almost half a billion dollars in China through the building and stocking of 14 new stores. When entering the Chinese market, B&Q set as its goal to break even by 2003. In terms of goal-setting theory, reports that two stores had made a profit in 2002 would be an example of:     A. performance benchmark   B. goal milestone   C. performance feedback   D. goal adjustment   E. goal consequence

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