Grounding the virtual: The material effects of electronic grocery shopping

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 941-953

  Murphy, Andrew J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Infrastructure; Internet; Retailing; Urban

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; E-COMMERCE; INTERNET; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34547665619     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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