Young compulsive buyers and the emotional roller-coaster in shopping

Young Consumers

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-89

  Saraneva, Anna ^a   Sääksjärvi, Maria ^b  

^a Campaign Manager at Lumene Cosmetics   (Finland)

^b Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buying behaviour; Consumer psychology; Consumers; Individual behaviour; Shopping; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867662670     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610810879657     Document Type: Article

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