Ethical campaigning and buyer-driven commodity chains: Transforming retailers' purchasing practices?

Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 123-146

  Hughes, Alex ^a   Wrigley, Neil ^b   Buttle, Martin ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Impactt Limited   (United Kingdom)

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