Children and fashion

Understanding Children as Consumers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 202-218

  Piacentini, Maria ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84870398365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446251539.n12     Document Type: Chapter

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