Influences of retail brand trust, off-line patronage, clothing involvement and website quality on online apparel shopping intention

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-637

  Jones, Christie ^a   Kim, Soyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel; Online shopping; Retail brand trust; Website quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886059884     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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