Retail patronage intentions: The relative importance of perceived prices and salesperson service attributes

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Darian, Jean C ^a   Wiman, Alan R ^a   Tucci, Louis A ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer intentions; Consumer preferences; Pricing; Salespeople; Service levels

Indexed keywords

PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 7244259015     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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