Mail order in the United Kingdom c. 1880-1960: How mail order competed with other forms of retailing

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-273

  Coopey, Richard ^a   O'Connell, Sean ^a   Porter, Dilwyn ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Competition; Credit; Mail Order; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012384411     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095939699342552     Document Type: Article

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