Consumers of clothing from alternative trading organizations: Societal attitudes and purchase evaluative criteria

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-33

  Dickson, Marsha A ^a   Littrell, Mary A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative trading organizations; Altruism; Attitudes; Consumer behavior; Ethnic apparel; Evaluative criteria; Latin America; Risk; Social responsibility; Values

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER SURVEY; GARMENTS, LATIN-AMERICAN; MARKETING, RETAIL;

EID: 0030812509     PISSN: 0887302X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X9701500103     Document Type: Article

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