An examination of consumer price cue usage in US discount formats

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-359

  Moore, Marguerite ^a   Carpenter, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Discount stores; Pricing; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649108352     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550810870085     Document Type: Article

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