Prevalence of country of origin associations on the supermarket shelf

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 453-471

  Insch, Andrea ^a   Florek, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Country of origin; Labelling; New Zealand; Packaging; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649083218     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550910954937     Document Type: Article

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