An exploratory investigation into the food-shopping attitudes and behavior of Chinese shoppers

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-74

  Ho, Suk Ching ^a   Tang, Fang Fang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China food market; Food shopping attitudes and behavior; Fresh food retailing; Global food retailers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751540987     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J046v19n02_04     Document Type: Article

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