LOHAS stands for “Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability”. LOHAS describes an emerging new lifestyle that is defined by attention to health and well-being and, environmental sustainability. The problem with the introduction of a description of a lifestyle that is supposed to capture broad social, political, economic, and behavioral changes is that the discussions of this lifestyle have moved faster than any research to support it. The validity and the conceptual richness and implications of the LOHAS can only proceed if there is a reliable and valid instrument to measure the LOHAS lifestyle; and there isn’t. The research focuses on the development of a reliable and valid LOHAS scale. The proposed research consists of five studies; specification of domain of the LOHAS, item generation, measurement purification, reliability assessment and validity assessment. This research will contribute to the understanding of the nature of LOHAS and provide a variety of theoretical and practical applications.

Bisweilen hört man von Marktforschern vielerlei Probleme bei der Akzeptanz und Umsetzung von Marktforschungsbefunden. So wird beispielsweise beklagt, dass der Auftraggeber die Aufgabenstellung nicht deutlich zu machen vermag, dass zu deutlich signalisiert wird, welche Befunde erwartet werden, dass eine Studie längst schon vorgefasste Meinungen nur noch bestätigen soll, dass eine Studie in unternehmensinternen Grabenkämpfen untergehen oder das schließlich interessante Befunde ohne Konsequenzen bleiben. Die Problemfelder, die an der Schnittstelle zwischen Marketingmanager und Marktforscher auftreten, als Akzeptanz- und Umsetzungsprobleme von Marktforschungsbefunden zu beschreiben ist jedoch eine u. U. einseitige und verkürzte Sichtweise.

Abstract Title: Typology of Prague Fitness Center's Clients Goals: The main target of thesis is creating specify typology of prague fitness center's clients. Methods: For thesis was used Quantitative marketing research, number of respondent was 1004. In synthetic part, there was applicated latent class analysis. Results: Results from research are presented in the analytical part of the work, verify predetermined hypotheses and are an important source for synthetic part, where we used latent class analysis for individual client's typology. Men's type are student, go-getter and resident. Women's type are managers, hunter and student. Keywords: fitness, segmentation, typology, customer, marketing, marketing research

This thesis investigates how to create an environment for organizational change within the Market Research Department at the Gangler Company (a US-based consumer products company). I explore what is influencing the current cultural environment and which of those influencers can be shifted to encourage organizational change toward the “ideal” culture that the organization has identified. Using new institutionalism as the theoretical approach, I discuss the significance of institutional forces (such as the economy and the rise in technology) on the cultural elements (i.e. behaviors, ideas, material artifacts and social structures) in the Market Research Department. Lastly, I show that by understanding those institutional influences, I can better assess what cultural elements can be shifted and which cannot. Of the cultural elements that are able to be shifted, I recommend three interventions that the organization should employ: 1) from a contrive culture to a culture of candor, 2) from a culture of division to a culture of cohesion, and 3) from a culture of knowing to a culture of learning.

The role of marketing is evolving rapidly, and design and analysis methods used by marketing researchers are also changing. These changes are emerging from transformations in management skills, technological innovations, and continuously evolving customer behavior. But perhaps the most substantial driver of these changes is the emergence of big data and the analytical methods used to examine and understand the data. To continue being relevant, marketing research must remain as dynamic as the markets themselves and adapt accordingly to the following: Data will continue increasing exponentially; data quality will improve; analytics will be more powerful, easier to use, and more widely used; management and customer decisions will increasingly be knowledge-based; privacy issues and challenges will be both a problem and an opportunity as organizations develop their analytics skills; data analytics will become firmly established as a competitive advantage, both in the marketing research industry and in academics; and for the foreseeable future, the demand for highly trained data scientists will exceed the supply.

This master’s thesis focuses on the analysis of customer satisfaction for a travel agency KM Travel and recommendations for its improvement. The theoretical part deals with basic concepts, such as marketing research, customer, customer satisfaction and quality of service. In the practical part is an analysis of KM Travel and analyze the information obtained from questionnaires. Based on the evaluation are suggested measures and recommendations to increase customer satisfaction.

The purpose of the master's thesis is to develop a marketing program to increase the loyalty of internal and external customer of the regional airlines. In the second chapter, we analyzed the level of loyalty of internal and external customer of the regional airline, identified the main demands of consumers to engage with the company, taking into account the individual needs and goals of interaction between the company and the consumer. In the third chapter presents the activities to create programs to increase the loyalty of internal and external users of the regional airline, describes the main stages of work, the resources that are necessary for implementation of the project, the risks that may arise in the course of the project, as well as to calculate the main economic indicators. In conclusion, summarized the results and shows the main performance indicators of the project. Master's thesis consists of an abstract, an introduction, three chapters, conclusion, bibliography of 63 titles and applications. The text of the thesis is presented on 141 pages, contains 20 figures and 16 tables. / Целью магистерской диссертации является разработка маркетинговой программы для повышения лояльности внешнего и внутреннего потребителя, регионального авиа перевозчика. В первой главе рассматриваются сущность, маркетинговое содержание понятия лояльность и механизмы ее формирующие. Во второй главе проведен анализ направленный на выявление уровня лояльности внешнего и внутреннего потребителя регионального авиаперевозчика, выделены основные требования потребителей к организации взаимодействия с компанией, с учетом индивидуальных потребностей и целей взаимодействия компании и потребителя. В третьей главе представлены мероприятия по созданию программы повышения лояльности внешнего и внутреннего потребителей регионального авиаперевозчика, описаны основные этапы работ, ресурсы, которые необходимы для реализации проекта, риски, которые могут возникнуть в ходе реализации проекта, а так же рассчитаны основные экономические показатели. В заключении подведены итоги результатов работы и представлены основные показатели эффективности проекта. Магистерская диссертация состоит из реферата, введения, трех глав, заключения и списка использованной литературы в количестве 63 наименований и приложений. Текст диссертации изложен на 141 странице, содержит 20 рисунков и 16 таблиц.

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The increase in chicken production over the period 1910-1945 in the United States has compared favorably with the increase in production of livestock which compete with it for the farmers time and feed as well as tor a place on the table of the consumer. Turkey production has increased 252 per cent in the United States over the period 1929-1945. / Master of Science

Environmental deterioration has been and continues to be a serious problem in our consumer-oriented society. The ecologically detrimental effects of clothing waste are often unappreciated even by those who attempt to practice social responsibility in other areas of consumption. The purpose of this research was to examine the degree of social responsibility exhibited by individuals in their consumption of clothing. The specific clothing acquisition and discard (CAD) behaviors studied were garment recycling. purchase of secondhand clothing purchase of classic style apparel, and general clothing conservation. A 26-item instrument (CAD scale) was developed to measure attitudes toward these behaviors. The scale was subjected to two pretests using student samples from VPI&SU and was analyzed by means of a computer program (PACKAGE) designed to assess reliability and dimensionality. Construct validity was evaluated by correlating the CAD scale with an established measure of attitudes toward socially responsible consumption. Correlation with a behavior measure was used to investigate the scale's predictive validity. Data were obtained through the distribution of a questionnaire to a sample of 405 shoppers at a Roanoke, Virginia, mall. Only questionnaires with complete CAD scales (282) were used for analysis. This group of respondents was divided into three parts. the top third was considered to have favorable attitudes toward responsible clothing consumption and the bottom third to have less favorable attitudes. Chi-square tests compared the scores of both groups on clothing consumption behaviors. sociodemographic variables, and media usage variables. Stepwise discriminant analysis and correlation coefficients were also used to examine the relationship between attitudes and sociodemographic variables. The CAD scale was found to be a reasonably reliable and valid measure of attitudes toward socially responsible clothing consumption as conceptualized. Respondents with favorable attitudes were older and had lower incomes and higher education levels than those with less favorable attitudes. They were also less inclined to be politically conservative and more likely to be married and living with their spouses. They watched more news and nature/wildlife television programs and fewer game shows. They also read more literary and educational magazines. / Ph. D. / incomplete_metadata