Consumers' uniqueness in home décor: Retail channel choice behaviour

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-331

  Bickle, Marianne C ^a   Buccine, Robyn ^c   Makela, Carole J ^b   Mallette, Dawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

cross channel shopping; Home d cor; uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957875230     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960600697030     Document Type: Article

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