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Wpływ wirtualizacji zachowań konsumenckich na rozwój domocentryzmu
Impact of Virtualisation of Consumer Behaviours on the Development of Cocooning

Author(s): Magdalena Kowalska
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Sociology, Marketing / Advertising
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: consumption virtualisation; cocooning; consumers’ behaviours; behaviour trends; consumer;

Summary/Abstract: An aim of considerations is to present the tendencies to changes in consumers’ behaviours towards virtualisation and cocooning. In her work, the author characterised individual trends and made an attempt to identify the correlation taking place between them. As the research method there was selected desk research consisting in an analysis of various information in the field of marketing, management and sociology as well as surveys carried out by an independent research agency. An effect of the carried out in the article analysis is the confirmation of the thesis of correlation occurring between virtualisation of consumer behaviours and cocooning. The literature studies allow stating that both analysed phenomena are clearly perceived and have a considerable impact on consumers’ behaviours. The weight of the described phenomena is significant both for firms and for the society. Enterprises, owing to learning new trends in consumption, can so shape their offer that it could be a part of the idea of the trends being described, thus maximising their benefits. Findings of the carried out research also provide grounds for undertaking primary surveys allowing a deeper examination of the phenomena. The article is a literature overview.

  • Issue Year: 359/2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 64-73
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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