Action and reaction: Competition and the multiple retailer in 1930s Britain

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-259

  Alexander, Andrew ^a   Benson, John ^b   Shaw, Gareth ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple Retailing; Retail Competition; Retail History

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006818409     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095939699342543     Document Type: Article

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