The purpose of the study was to determine the practices of a selected number of chain shoe store organizations in training management personnel for their retail shoe outlets. The data secured from these sources will also be compared with the opinions of several authorities in the field of management to determine the extent to which the practices in actual use agree with those recommended.

The main aim of my graduation thesis is to analyse current situation of private labels in the czech market and to propose possible improvements. In the theoretical part I introduce labels in general, historical facts and modern trends. Then I concentrate on private labels and explain their meaning. In the methodical part I start with analyzing a supply of retail chains in the czech market and then I focus on a private label policy of a particular retail chain. Subsequently I present results of two researches and suggest enhancement for retail chains to improve their strategies for the future.

The main aim of my thesis was to assess the current state of organic food selling in retail chains in terms of assortment range, requirements and sale culture and to suggest appropriate measures based on the data obtained. The theoretical part is focused on defining the concept of organic farming, through organic products right to organic food. The empirical part is focused on the evaluation of the supply list with specific types of organic products offered in individual stores, comparing the offer of organic food between retail units, and finally comparing the offer of organic food within the former districts. The analysis contains also summarized findings resulting from a questionnaire survey among retail business organizations. The conclusion of the empirical part is focused on answering presented hypotheses and proposing recommendations.

This thesis is focused on new trends in business of chosen czech retail chains. Except of introduction and close, it has four main parts - retail, usage of quantitative methods in retail, trends and future of retail chains. The main emphasis is placed on estimation of strategies of these retailers. The results of the estimation are extract from financial analyze, DEA - Data Envelopment Analysis and outcomes from market researches. For the elaboration there were used lots of information sources mainly from internet.

This thesis contains a financial analysis and corporate benchmarking of key retail chains operating in the Czech Republic. The thesis evaluates nine companies in the years 2000 -- 2006 in the view of their sales, profitability, assets and liabilities, liquidity and inventory turnover. The financial analysis was done not only for the subjected companies, but also according to the store type that is characteristic for them.

This thesis is devoted to retail in Kazakhstan. Main objective of this work is to make an overview of retail market in republic of Kazakhstan and analyze its specifics, history and current situation. Also, thesis includes description of shopping centers market in Kazakhstan and prediction of future trends in retail in context of entrance into Custom Union with Russia and Belorussia.

The master's thesis deals with promotional discounts of retail chains focusing on a description of factors that affect customers in selection of a shopping place to purchase food and beverages and identifies the level of influence of promotional discounts on purchase decisions. This thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part contains fundamental resources, that are enriched by findings of foreign case studies. It focuses on consumers behavior and purchase decisions emphasizing the influence of prices and special offers. The practical part consists of secondary research of current trends in shopping behavior of Czech consumers, primary analysis of the action flyers and research focused on describing the attitudes of consumers towards the retail chains and identifying the impact of promotional discounts on purchasing food products. The recommendations for marketing activities of retail chains are formulated based on the results of the analysis.

This master´s thesis deals with a problematic of situation on the czech market with consumer´s goods. Especially position of the czech retail chain called Konzum Ústí nad Orlicí, which belong to Association of czech and moravian retail chains. In the thesis I analyse present situation on the czech market with the goods and occupy with future trends. Its consider on the business policy of Konzum, their success and effect. I concentrate myself on the results, which are realized by research made by copany Incoma, to improve the situation and position of the Konzum and Association of czech and moravian retail chains in the keen competition on the czech market because of the foreign retail chains.

The thesis "Gender stereotypes in the communication of retail chains on Facebook" deals with the topic of gender stereotyping in the Facebook network. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the theoretical foundations are analyzed. The introductory part of the thesis introduces new media, their theoretical basis and history, and then defines the social network Facebook, on which this work focuses. The thesis focuses on gender and gender stereotypes, specifically the gender stereotyping of women. The aim of this thesis is to transfer the outlined theoretical basis, which focuses primarily on new media and gender stereotypes, into practice and to analyze the presence of female gender stereotypes on Facebook pages on the Czech market that primarily target the female audience. Specifically, it is examined whether and how retail chains use female gender stereotypes to communicate, frequency and what types of female stereotypes are most common, and whether the use of gender stereotyping of women changes over time. At the same time, the work also focuses on women's autostereotypes, specifically how women respond to the presence of female gender stereotypes in Facebook communication and whether there is a visible difference from communication without using gender stereotyping of women.

The aim of this work is to find out the attitudes of Czech consumers to the quality of fruit and vegetables on the Czech market. The quality of fruit and vegetables in sales formats is also investigated. The theoretical part includes general characteristics of fruits and vegetables, conventional and organic farming and other certification systems, production and consumption of fruit and vegetables and foreign trade. The work describes the quality of food and organic food, the quality of freshness fruit and vegetables and legislative requirements.The practical part examines during questionnaire survey how consumers perceive the quality of fruit and vegetables on the Czech market. In this section was conducted research in retail chains and specialized stores in České Budějovice and Vlašim. For the research were selected red apples, bananas, tomatoes and cucumbers. Shops have been awarded points and the winner is the shop which got least points. The practical part was concluded with a structured interview with the founder of the Food Bank in České Budějovice.