Food retail buyer behaviour in the People's Republic of China: A grounded theory model

Qualitative Market Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-265

  Sternquist, Brenda ^a   Chen, Zhengyi ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyers; China; Distribution; Food industry; Retailers; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744812768     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522750610671671     Document Type: Article

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