Sustainability in the global shop window

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-271

  Jones, Peter ^a   Comfort, Daphne ^a   Hillier, David ^b  

^a University of Gloucester shire   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Retailers; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955612913     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590551111117536     Document Type: Review

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