A Study of Cross-Border Shopping: Why Inhabitants of St Petersburg Prefer to Do Shopping in Finland?

Olga Gurova ()
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Olga Gurova: University of Helsinki; Institute for the Comparative Studies of Modernity, Kazan Federal University

Journal of Economic Sociology, 2012, vol. 13, issue 1, 18-37

Abstract: The paper discusses cross-border shopping considering it as a practice of shopping outside one’s country of residence. The article is focused on the shopping practices of St Petersburg residents visiting the capital of Finland. The popularity of cross-border shopping has been increasing over in Russia as it became a part of the middle-class lifestyle. Drawing on the data from qualitative interviews, author discusses a set of reasons stimulating and restraining cross-border shopping.

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Date: 2012
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