Servicescape matters - Or does it? The special case of betting shops

Marketing Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-206

  Cockrill, Antje ^a   Goode, Mark ^a   Emberson, Daniel ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betting shops; Consumer behaviour; Services; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949158843     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634500810860629     Document Type: Article

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