Understanding consumer online grocery behavior: Results from a Swedish study

Journal of Euromarketing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 31-57

  Hansen, Torben ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Groceries; Lisrel; Online buying intention; Online information accessibility; Online order accessibility; Online shopping

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MARKETING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 19644365831     PISSN: 10496483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J037v14n03_03     Document Type: Article

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