Olfaction and the retail environment: Examining the influence of ambient scent

Service Business

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-316

  Ward, Philippa ^a   Davies, Barry J ^a   Kooijman, Dion ^b  

^a University of Gloucester shire   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human olfaction; Retail brand image; Retail environment; Scent; Smell

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448971334     PISSN: 18628516     EISSN: 18628508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11628-006-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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