Retail centres: It's time to make them convenient

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 541-562

  Reimers, Vaughan ^a   Clulow, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Consumer behaviour; Shopping; Shopping centres

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649105139     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550910964594     Document Type: Article

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