The effect of musical style on restaurant customers' spending

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 712-718

  North, Adrian C ^a   Shilcock, Amber ^a   Hargreaves, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Consumers; Fit; Music; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MUSIC;

EID: 0141460834     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503254749     Document Type: Article

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