Banks, grocers and the changing retailing of financial services in Britain

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-147

  Alexander, Andrew ^a   Pollard, Jane ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Financial services; Grocery retailing

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034047607     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6989(99)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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