Reducing consumer disadvantage: Reassessing access in the retail environment

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 483-501

  Bromley, Rosemary D F ^a   Matthews, David L ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

access; disability; Disadvantaged consumer; shopping experiences; UK; wheelchair users

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859499477     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960701631904     Document Type: Article

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