Information sources for thrift shopping: Is there a "thrift maven"?

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 323-331

  Christiansen, Tim ^a   Snepenger, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Marketing information; Shopping; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444489865     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760510623911     Document Type: Article

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