Gender, store satisfaction and antecedents: A case study of a grocery store

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-126

  Helgesen, Øyvind ^a   Nesset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer marketing; Customer satisfaction; Gender; Norway; Retailing; Stores and supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952209800     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363761011027222     Document Type: Article

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