Grocery market pricing and the new competitive environment

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-294

  Binkley, James K ^a   Connor, John M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032087521     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4359(99)80096-7     Document Type: Article

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