Question :
In the question given below, a set of sentences is given, which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Arrange the sentences in the correct sequence and mark the answer accordingly.
A. Amazon's rise, as former retail stalwarts like Sears, Toys 'R' Us and Barnes & Noble struggle, has drawn critics concerned about its monopoly power, its tax and labour practices - even its responsibility for driving up housing costs in its hometown of Seattle.
B. Amazon has also fought back with cash, more than doubling its spending on lobbying since 2014 to about $13m last year, according to OpenSecrets.org.
C. Despite those efforts, the company has a high-profile critic: US President Donald Trump, who has accused Amazon of winning unduly low shipping rates from the US Postal Service and kept alive the threat of regulation by attacking it on Twitter as a monopoly.
D. In the face of those critics, Mr Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, has started to cultivate a more public presence on Twitter, where he shares photos of his parents and videos of dog sledding in Norway.
E. When the firm announced last year it would build another major campus in North America, local officials scrambled to win the firm's commitment, even as protesters, angry about the prospect of tax incentives going to one of the world's most successful companies, mounted anti-Amazon campaigns.
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