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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
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Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Kruger R, Schonfeldt HC, Owen JH: 2008. Food coping strategy index applied to a community of farm-worker households in South Africa. Food And Nutrition Bulletin, 29 (1), pp 3-14.

Mason A, de Klerk HM, Sommerville JEM, Ashdown S: 2008. Consumers' knowledge on sizing and fit issues: A solution to successful apparel selection in developing countries. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 32, pp 276-284.

Erasmus AC, Lebani K: 2008. Store cards: Is it a matter of convenience or is the facility used to sustain lavish consumption?. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 32, pp 211-221.

Gothan A, Erasmus AC: 2008. Customers' judgement of the customer service in appliance sales departments in an emerging economy. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 32, pp 639-647.

Mason A, de Klerk HM, Ashdown S: 2008. Sizing and fit research at grassroots level. A methodology for the identification of unique body shapes in African developing countries. Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences/Tydskrif vir Gesinsekologie en Verbruikerswetenskappe, 36, pp 9-21, Full Text

Van der Merwe X, Sonnenberg N, Van der Merwe M, Kempen EL: 2008. Exploring the influence of shelf-edge signage on consumer decision-making in Gauteng. Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences/Tydskrif vir Gesinsekologie en Verbruikerswetenskappe, 36, pp 81-95, Full Text

Donoghue S, de Klerk HM, Ehlers L: 2008. Consumers' perception of the functional and symbolic performance failure of major electrical household applicances. Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences/Tydskrif vir Gesinsekologie en Verbruikerswetenskappe, 36, pp 40-48, Full Text

de Klerk HM, Lubbe SJ: 2008. Female consumers' evaluation fo apparel quality: exploring the importance of aesthetics. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 12 (1), pp 36-50.

Erasmus AC, Lebani K: 2008. The effect of store cards on buyer behaviour: is it a matter of ignorance or abuse?. Latin American Advances in Consumer Research, 2, pp 156-158.

Gothan A, Erasmus AC: 2008. Customers' evaluation of the service quality of the appliance sales departments of retail stores in a South African context. Latin American Advances in Consumer Research, 2, pp 61-70.

Sonnenberg N, Erasmus AC: 2008. Exploring the role of retailer image and store brands as extrinsic cues in young urban consumers' choice of interior textile products. Latin American Advances in Consumer Research, 2, pp 71-76.