Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: In the retail clothing industry, the spring months are traditionally w

(A) low and advertising expenses are high as retailersprepare
Correct

(B) low and their advertising expenses are high as they prepare
their doesn't have a logical referent, only plural referents are "revenues" and "spring months", both of which can't logically have a revenue

(C) low with higher advertising expenses in preparation
"higher" indicates a comparison, but we don't have a comparison, so we are left to ask higher than what? Also usage of "with"
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