The use of the internet as a marketing channel for Irish speciality food

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-195

  Canavan, Orla ^a   Henchion, Maeve ^a   O'Reilly, Seamus ^b  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Distribution systems; Food industry; Internet; Online operations; Product attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847278327     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550710728110     Document Type: Article

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