Improving the Store Environment: Do Olfactory Cues Affect Evaluations and Behaviors?

Journal of Marketing

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-80

  Spangenberg, Eric R ^a   Crowley, Ayn E ^b   Henderson, Pamela W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85107944340     PISSN: 00222429     EISSN: 15477185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002224299606000205     Document Type: Article

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