Retail borrowing: Insights and implications on returning used merchandise

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-36

  Piron, Francis ^a   Young, Murray ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b BETHEL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Ethics; Fraud; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145310     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550010306755     Document Type: Article

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