Location planning in charity retailing

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 536-550

  Alexander, Andrew ^a   Cryer, David ^b   Wood, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Helen and Douglas House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business planning; Charities; Decision making; Retail management

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749133495     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550810880570     Document Type: Article

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