How do shoppers behave online? An observational study of online grocery shopping

Journal of Consumer Behaviour

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 261-270

  Anesbury, Zachary ^a   Nenycz Thiel, Magda ^a   Dawes, John ^a   Kennedy, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Online shopping; Shopper behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952002967     PISSN: 14720817     EISSN: 14791838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cb.1566     Document Type: Article

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