Pre-purchase and post-purchase satisfaction and fashion involvement of female tennis wear consumers

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-33

  Chae, Myung Hee ^a   Black, Catherine ^b   Heitmeyer, Jeanne ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer; Fashion involvement; Post purchase; Pre purchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749184717     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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