Fashion retailers rolling out across multi-cultural Europe

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 645-657

  Waarts, Eric ^a   Van Everdingen, Yvonne M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International business; National culture; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745599588     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550610675958     Document Type: Article

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