Alternative strategies in the Spanish large-scale retail food sector

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-204

  Flavián, Carlos ^a   Polo, Yolanda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Food retailing; Spain; Strategic groups analysis; Strategic marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007242030     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593969800000005     Document Type: Article

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