Sell, give away, or donate: An exploratory study of fashion clothing disposal behaviour in two countries

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-368

  Bianchi, Constanza ^a   Birtwistle, Grete ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Clothing; Disposal; Fashion; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954156203     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593969.2010.491213     Document Type: Article

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