Department stores in troubled waters: A Singapore encounter

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-39

  Chong, Lynda ^a  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

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EID: 84986116645     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590559610107111     Document Type: Article

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