Answer :
Answer:
a. increased use of credit and debit cards and online shopping by consumers
Explanation:
The IMC stands for Integrated marketing strategies in which the focus of the company to promote more and more products in social websites in order to maximize the company sales
The direct marketing could be done via various modes like - television, social sites, print media, etc
Now the major factor i.e contributed to the growth of IMC because of excessive use of cards i.e debit card and credit card for online shopping or for any other purpose