Improving the store environment: Do olfactory cues affect evaluations and behaviors?

Journal of Marketing

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-80

  Spangenberg, Eric R ^a   Crowley, Ayn E ^a   Henderson, Pamela W ^a  

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EID: 0030558439     PISSN: 00222429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1251931     Document Type: Review

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