Socio-demographic basic factors of German customers as predictors for sustainable consumerism regarding foodstuffs and meat products

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 158-167

  Mohr, Manuel ^a   Schlich, Michaela ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grocery shopping; Meat consumption; Socio demographics; Sustainable consumerism; Sustainable food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957850283     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12239     Document Type: Article

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