Who Buys Oddly Shaped Food and Why? Impacts of Food Shape Abnormality and Organic Labeling on Purchase Intentions

Loebnitz, Natascha, Schuitema, Geertje, Grunert, Klaus G.·2015·Psychology & Marketing
DOI 10.1002/mar.20788

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