A comparative analysis of online grocery pricing in Singapore

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 474-483

  Gan, Lydia ^a   He, Shujia ^b   Huang, Tingli ^b   Tan, Jiebin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Grocery pricing; Menu costs; Online grocery; Price convergence; Price dispersion; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RETAIL STORES;

MENU COSTS; ONLINE GROCERY; PRICE CONVERGENCE; PRICE DISPERSION; SINGAPORE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 36549075698     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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