Tween consumers: Catalog clothing purchase behavior

Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 131, 1998, Pages 636-644

  Simpson, Linda ^a   Douglas, Sara ^b   Schimmel, Julie ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEISURE; PEER GROUP; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; PEER GROUP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347597923     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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