Development of a retail life cycle: The case of Hong Kong's department store industry

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-121

  Sun, Lai Ngun ^a   Kay, Robert ^b   Chew, Matthew ^c  

^a Techne Research Limited   (Hong Kong)

^b WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Department store; Hong Kong; Retail institutions; Retail life cycle

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETAILING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 59649116705     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399429     Document Type: Article

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