Technology: Advancing retail buyer performance in the twenty-first century

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 879-893

  Fiorito, Susan S ^a   Gable, Myron ^b   Conseur, Amanda ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shippensburg University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyers; Communications technology; Retail trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649250534     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590551011085966     Document Type: Review

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