Conceptualising innovative customer-facing responses to planning regulation: The UK food retailers

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1967-1990

  Wood, Steve ^a   Lowe, Michelle ^a   Wrigley, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brand management; Food retailing; Innovation; Retail planning

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOOD MARKET; INNOVATION; LAND USE PLANNING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RETAILING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958535245     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903191124     Document Type: Article

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