Cyberspace meets high street: Adoption of click-and-mortar strategies by retail outlets in city centers

Urban Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 628-650

  Weltevreden, Jesse W J ^a   Atzema, Oedzge A L C ^b  

^a Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

City center; Click and mortar strategy; Internet adoption; Retailing; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE; INTERNET; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846908258     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.27.7.628     Document Type: Article

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