Consumer reactions to sustainable packaging: The interplay of visual appearance, verbal claim and environmental concern

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-62

  Magnier, Lise ^a,b   Schoormans, Jan ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological design; Packaging; Purchase intention; Verbal sustainability claim; Visual appearance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942794778     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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