Consumer behaviour at alcoholic beverages markets of Czech Republic and Slovakia: targeting consumer segments

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2018.2-03" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2018.2-03</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2018.2-03" target="_blank" >10.21272/mmi.2018.2-03</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Consumer behaviour at alcoholic beverages markets of Czech Republic and Slovakia: targeting consumer segments

Original language description

Constantly increasing consumption of alcohol and the associated negative consequences affecting human health and not only, present a major problem for Czech Republic, Slovakia and the world overall. Increased alcohol consumption is directly related to easier accessibility of alcoholic beverages, this especially concerns younger generation of consumers. It is generally known that one of the most frequent causes of premature death within the European Union is excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. In terms of the consumed alcohol volumes, Czech Republic and Slovakia are among the countries with the highest levels of consumption in Europe. For this reason, the main purpose of this paper was to examine the consumption of alcohol and consumer behavior at the alcoholic beverages market using a marketing survey, and also to identify the main reasons leading to the consumption of alcoholic beverages, as well as the factors influencing the most on the consumer decision-making leading to purchases and consumption of alcohol in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Primary data was acquired through the questionnaire survey with 686 respondents in Slovakia and 757 respondents in Czech Republic. Based on the results of the questionnaire survey, it is possible to state that in both countries the most preferred alcoholic beverage is wine and the main motives behind the consumption of the consume preferred alcoholic think are consumption during social events and entertainment as well as the fact that consumers just like its taste. The main reasons for consuming alcoholic beverages in both countries is the taste, while quality is considered to be the most important factor when deciding to buy a particular drink. Using the cluster analysis method, 5 segments were established and described for Czech Republic and Slovakia. Individual segments differ in their respective characteristics of consumer behavior in both countries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Marketing and Management of Innovations

ISSN

2218-4511

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

Neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

UA - UKRAINE

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

31-43

UT code for WoS article

000445433200003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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