Consumer-retailer love and attachment: Antecedents and personality moderators

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-228

  Vlachos, Pavlos A ^a   Vrechopoulos, Adam P ^b  

^a The American College of Greece   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Love and attachment; Loyalty; Retailing

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RETAILING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857647117     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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