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Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Names: Cordell, Andrea, 1965- author. | Thompson, Ian, 1967– author.
Title: The category management handbook / Andrea Cordell and Ian Thompson.
Description: 1 Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017053080 (print) | LCCN 2018009983 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781351239585 (eBook) | ISBN 9780815375531 (hardback : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780815375517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Purchasing. | Business logistics. | Project management.
Classification: LCC HF5437 (ebook) | LCC HF5437 .C67 2018 (print) |
DDC 658.7/2—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017053080

ISBN: 978-0-8153-7553-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-8153-7551-7 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-351-23958-5 (ebk)

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