Rural grocery shoppers: Do their attitudes reflect their actions?

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 394-406

  Broadbridge, Adelina ^a   Calderwood, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Eric Calderwood is a Retail Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Grocery; Rural areas; Shopping; Shops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132939     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550210435282     Document Type: Article

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