Car boot sales: A study of shopping motives in an alternative retail format

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4-15

  Stone, Jonathan ^a   Horne, Suzanne ^b   Hibbert, Sally ^c  

^a Divisional Marketing Executive with Wace Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986129953     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590559610131682     Document Type: Article

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