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BACKGROUND This article investigates the hypothesis that urban shoppers, in their search for identity, develop shopping orientations which are related to usage rates of some categories of products. This study evolved from our con
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- Year
- 1971
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 505-508
- Citations
- 236
- Access
- Closed
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- DOI
- 10.1177/002224377100800416