Cost-effectiveness in the e-grocery business

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Kämäräinen, Vesa ^a   Småros, Johanna ^a   Jaakola, Tomi ^b   Holmström, Jan ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Logistics Designer at S Kanava Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distribution centres; Electronic commerce; Grocery industry; Order picking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172656     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550110366352     Document Type: Article

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