A content analysis of organic product package designs

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 441-448

  Chrysochou, Polymeros ^a,b   Festila, Alexandra ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Organic label; Organic products; Package design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066865506     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JCM-06-2018-2720     Document Type: Article

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