The virtual geographies of retail display

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-37

  Currah, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DOWNING COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; E commerce; Internet; Retail display; Virtual geographies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012958627     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540503003001928     Document Type: Article

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