Survivors of “W-day”: An assessment of the impact of Wal-Mart's invasion of small town retailing communities

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2000, Pages 170-180

  Peterson, Mark ^a   Mcgee, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Retailing; Stores; Surveys; Town centres

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059261     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550010319922     Document Type: Article

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