Decomposing the value of department store shopping into utilitarian, hedonic and social dimensions: Evidence from Finland

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-24

  Rintamäki, Timo ^a   Kanto, Antti ^b   Kuusela, Hannu ^a   Spence, Mark T ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Department stores; Finland; Shopping; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644458347     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550610642792     Document Type: Article

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