Consumer reactions to the availability of organic food in discount supermarkets

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-142

  Gottschalk, Ingrid ^a   Leistner, Tabea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discount supermarkets; Food retailing; Organic food consumption; Organic products; Sustained consumer behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873456536     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2012.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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