Apparel shopping on the Internet: Information availability on US apparel merchant Web sites

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 158-176

  Park, Ji Hye ^a   Stoel, Leslie ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel; Consumer attitudes; Internet; Shopping

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; COMPANY INFORMATION; E-COMMERCE; INTERNET;

EID: 0012922799     PISSN: 13612026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13612020210429908     Document Type: Article

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