Determinants of shopping behavior of urban consumers

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-104

  Rajagopal, ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Customer satisfaction; Customer centric strategy; Market attractiveness; Multichannel retailing; Shopping malls

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251573279     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08961530.2011.543051     Document Type: Article

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