@ARTICLE{26589739_55564377_2012, author = {Olga Gurova}, keywords = {, cross-border shopping, consumption practices, mobility factorsmiddle-class life style}, title = {A Study of Cross-Border Shopping: Why Inhabitants of St Petersburg Prefer to Do Shopping in Finland? }, journal = {Economic Sociology}, year = {2012}, volume = {13}, number = {1}, pages = {18-37}, url = {https://ecsoc.hse.ru/en/2012-13-1/55564377.html}, publisher = {}, 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.}, annote = {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.} }