A distribution services approach for developing effective competitive strategies against "big box" retailers

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-107

  Barber, Clifford S ^a   Tietje, Brian C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big box retailing; Competitive advantage; Small business

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 1342330467     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6989(03)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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