Retailing in perspective: The past is a prologue to the future

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-31

  Evans, Joel R ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Financial; Future; Global; History; Institutions; Retailing; Technology; Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251553190     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593969.2011.537817     Document Type: Article

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