WITHDRAWN: Case study: Embodied virtual agents: An analysis on reasons for failure
Journal of Retailing and Consumer ServicesPublished 1 September 2012
Mohamed Slim Ben Mimoun, Ingrid Poncin, Marion Garnier
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This article is an accidental duplication of an article that has been published, and the duplicate article has therefore been withdrawn.
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The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has been published, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2012.07.006. The duplicate article has therefore been withdrawn.
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