Kierunki zmian preferencji konsumentów w odniesieniu do produktów i detalistów
Directions of Changes of Consumers’ Preferences as Regards Products and Retailers

Summary/Abstract: The Poland’s accession to the EU structures has accelerated the pace of changes of consumers’ behaviours and has caused changes in the retail trade structure. At present, one may observe the trends connected with customer’s orientation on ecological products, traditional food, ethnocentric attitudes, the growing importance of Internet, etc. The changes of determinants of the decisions connected with the ongoing economic processes in the EC, including Poland, justify paying attention to the specificity of individual states, what, together with the social and cultural factors, may cause the necessity to adjust the producers’ or retailers’ strategy. An aim of considerations is an attempt to refer the customers’ opinions to the trends described in the literature, perception and acceptance thereof. The findings of the carried out research indicate, inter alia, the apparent trends concerning food products as regards dietetic or traditional products. Purchasers also perceive many changes related to the sphere of shopping, which are popularised by hypermarkets implementing their own development strategies. Consumers also admit that the use of Internet is an important direction of dynamic changes concerning the stage prior to the purchase (seeking for information, comparing), for carrying out the very purchase, and after the purchase (information formation and transfer). The article is of the research nature.

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