Analysis of factory gate pricing in the UK grocery supply chain

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 821-834

  Potter, Andrew ^a   Mason, Robert ^a   Lalwani, Chandra ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pricing; Retail trade; Transport services sector; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548542076     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550710820694     Document Type: Article

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