Consumer willingness to pay across retail channels

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 34, Issue , 2017, Pages 264-270

  Chatterjee, Patrali ^a   Kumar, Archana ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information signal; Omnichannel; Pure play online retailer; Showrooming; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84956472210     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2016.01.008     Document Type: Article

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