Transferring a retail innovation: The early stages of supermarket development in post-war Britain

Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 57-70

  Shaw, Gareth ^a  

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EID: 39049129257     PISSN: 00752800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/jbwg.2005.46.2.57     Document Type: Article

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