Store atmosphere in web retailing

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1140-1153

  Manganari, Emmanouela E ^a   Siomkos, George J ^a   Vrechopoulos, Adam P ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Electronic commerce; Retailing; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350399455     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560910976401     Document Type: Article

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