Retail innovation and shopping practices: Consumers' reactions to self-service retailing

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2204-2221

  Alexander, Andrew ^a   Phillips, Simon ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INNOVATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; POST-WAR; RESEARCH WORK; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65949086594     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a39117     Document Type: Article

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