Consumer misbehavior: The rise of self-service grocery retailing and shoplifting in the United Kingdom c. 1950-1970

Journal of Macromarketing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-75

  Phillips, Simon ^a   Alexander, Andrew ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer misbehavior; Self service; Shoplifting; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544461999     PISSN: 02761467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0276146705275715     Document Type: Article

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