An exploratory study of grocery shopping stressors

British Food Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 683-700

  Aylott, Russell ^a   Mitchell, Vincent Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumers behaviour; Grocery industry; Retailing; Shopping; Stores; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000175226     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070709910288883     Document Type: Article

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