The purpose of this thesis is to come to an understanding of the reasoning behind the enactments of Sweden's Sex Purchase law and Canada's Bill C-36. Furthermore, to discuss how the two legislations regarding prostitution have changed the protection for women in the sex industry. The methods used in this study is a Comparative Method, specifically, a Most Similar System Design, and an Argumentation Analysis. These methods are used in conjunction with three theories — History of Prostitution Models, Sociology of Law, and the Paradoxes of Rights. The result of the analysis shows that Canada's Bill C-36 is based on conservative reasoning with a focus on the abolishment of prostitution. The Swedish Sex Purchase law focuses on the criminalization of the purchase of sexual services instead of the seller. They reason that by shifting the responsibility on the purchaser, social norms and stigma regarding sex workers will change.

A través de los años, el rubro de la moda ha ido atravesando por diversos cambios, los cuales han impulsado a que las marcas se adapten a estos e implementen constantemente propuestas innovadoras que cumplan con las exigencias del público. Por ello, como parte del cambio, la moda se ha adaptado de manera rápida a las últimas tendencias a través de un movimiento acelerado llamado fast fashion. Un claro ejemplo de marca exitosa que opera con el fenómeno de moda rápida es la firma española Zara. Esta se caracteriza por su gran manejo de innovación, flexibilidad, rápida recepción de tendencias y producción acelerada para posicionarse exitosamente en el mercado y en la mente de los consumidores. Del mismo modo, Zara aplica diversas estrategias; entre ellas, las de diseño para influir en la decisión de compra de los consumidores y motivarlos a que adquieran artículos en algunos de sus establecimientos. La presente investigación con enfoque cualitativo busca conocer las estrategias de diseño de la marca Zara. Por ello, la pregunta de investigación es la siguiente: ¿De qué manera influyen las estrategias de diseño de la marca fast fashion Zara en la decisión de compra de indumentaria de las mujeres del sector A y B en Lima en los últimos 8 años? Por tal motivo, el trabajo describe las estrategias de diseño que usa Zara para atraer cada vez a más clientes e incentivarlos a comprar indumentaria en las tiendas y a la vez, para mantenerse un paso más adelante de la competencia. / Over the past years, the fashion business has gone through several changes, which have encouraged brands to adapt them and constantly implement innovative proposals that satisfy the demands of the public. That’s why, as part of this change, the fashion industry quickly adapted to the latest trends through an accelerated movement called “fast fashion”. A clear example of a successful brand that operates with this phenomenon, is the firm “Zara”, which is characterized by it’s great handling of innovation, flexibility, quick reception of trend and production to position itself successfully in the market and in the mind of the consumers. In the same way, Zara applies different strategies; between them, the design to influence the decision of buy items in some of their establishments. This investigation, with a qualitative approach, seeks to know the strategies of the Zara brand. Therefore, the research question is the next: How the design strategies of Zara influences in the decision to buy women’s clothing from sector A and B in Lima over the past 8 years? For this reason, this works describes the design strategies that Zara uses to attract more and more customers and motivate them to buy clothing in some of the stores and, at the same time, to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Det har blivit allt vanligare att modeföretag börjar implementera CSR och transparens i sina verksamheter i syfte att upplysa konsumenter om deras hållbarhetsarbete och ansvarstagande. Som konsument kan det dock vara svårt att uppfatta och tolka informationen angående dessa områden som företaget haft för avsikt. Studien undersöker hur de två generationerna Baby Boomers och Generation Y uppfattar fenomenet hållbart mode, CSR och transparens och vilka faktorer som påverkar köpintentionen hos Baby Boomers och Generation Y från företag som engagerar sig i dessa områden. Det genomfördes totalt 18 semistrukturerade intervjuer varav hälften av informanterna tillhörde Generation Y i åldrarna 22 - 28 och resterande tillhörde Baby Boomers i åldrarna 54 - 61. I intervjuerna fick informanterna beskriva deras åsikter och uppfattningar kring hållbart mode, CSR och transparens och hur de uppfattat kommunikationen av dessa. Efter en tematisk analys av det empiriska datamaterialet har det kunnat fastställas att både Generation Y och Baby Boomers uppfattat kommunikationen av modeföretags hållbarhetsarbete, CSR och transparens som både otydlig och svårtillgänglig. Den information som kommunicerats har därmed mottagits med viss grad av skepsis. Samtliga respondenter framhöll att CSR och transparens inom modeindustrin är viktigt att implementera och kommunicera men konsensus rådde att dessa i slutändan inte påverkar deras köpintention nämnvärt. / It has become increasingly common for fashion companies to implement CSR and transparency in their businesses in order to inform consumers about their sustainability work and responsibility. As a consumer, however, it can be difficult to perceive and interpret the information regarding these areas that the company intends to. The study examines how the two generations of Baby Boomers and Generation Y perceive the phenomenon of sustainable fashion, CSR and transparency and what factors affect the buying intention of Baby Boomers and Generation Y from companies that engage in these areas. A total of 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted, of which half of the informants belonged to Generation Y between the ages of 22 and 28 and the rest belonged to Baby Boomers aged 54 - 61. In the interviews, the informants described their views and perceptions about sustainable fashion, CSR and transparency and how they perceived the communication of these concepts. After a thematic analysis of the empirical data material, it has been established that both Generation Y and Baby Boomers perceived the communication of fashion companies' sustainability work, CSR and transparency as both unclear and difficult to access. The information communicated has thus been received with some degree of skepticism. All respondents stated that CSR and transparency in the fashion industry are important to implement and communicate, but consensus was that these ultimately did not significantly affect their buying intention.

Due to the rise of the internet, the mislabelling of food products has turned into a well-known phenomenon. There is an unsolved paradox concerning how the act of mislabelling may influence brand loyal grocery shoppers’ loyalty and purchase intentions towards their favourite food brands. To investigate the area of mislabelling and brand loyalty, four in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted in a qualitative setting. The participants were handpicked based on a purposive and convenience sampling method, where individuals with experience in the catering industry were requested. The findings suggest that the outcome of mislabelling is highly individual as it may be perceived differently depending on the shoppers’ level of involvement as well as the strength of the initial brand loyalty. The present study contributes new theoretical insights concerning the concepts of branding and brand loyalty, suggesting that trust is an essential element. Also, this study contributes to practical implications that may limit the loss of consumer trust from a firm’s perspective. For future research, this study suggests that a cultural or gender-centric investigation concerning mislabelling and brand loyal grocery shoppers would be appropriate.

The purpose of the study is to understand the satisfaction of young customers living in Sweden for a long time with the packaging of chips and the impact of packaging on their chip purchase and to discuss corporate social responsibility in connection with environmental sustainability. In this study, theoretical analysis, interviews, and focus groups are used as the research methods. Through the analysis of collected data and combined with the theory to carry out a comprehensive analysis. Through the analysis, it is found that the color, picture, and shape of packaging in the chips market in Sweden are the main factors affecting customers' purchase. It is also found that young customers still attach great importance to the sustainable development of the environment and think that the company should be responsible for this. The findings of this study can be considered to provide customers with real ideas for companies who want to understand the Swedish chip market and help them develop the Swedish market. Due to the lack of research on the packaging market in Sweden, the researchers hope that this study can be helpful to the relevant research.

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Background: Mindful consumption is considered to be a process that is beneficial forconsumers, society and environment. Food consumption and mindfulness are two concepts thatwork very well together. Practicing mindful food consumption often results in behaviour that issocially and environmentally responsible. For the vast majority of consumers consumption isviewed in a positive light.In modern day society mindful consumption is on the rise. This isespecially true for food consumption. Practitioners of mindful consumption contribute topreservation of the environment and are socially responsible and this has a correlation withindividual consumers interest and societal interest.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe what the driving forces of mindfulconsumerism are from the perspective of food consumption.Methodology: Researchers decided on deductive approach, established theory of plannedbehaviour is used to observe. Furthermore the researchers used qualitative research sincemindful consumerism is not expanded enough to test in a quantitative approach. The researchdesign of the study is defining a research question, actually defining the research, data collectionprocess, analysing the data and writing a research report on it. For the data collected theresearchers focused on primary data collection methods in order to better understand thephenomenon and lastly for the data collection instruments a focus group interview has beenchosen with a thematic analysis to analyze the results. Lastly the sampling method chosen is thegeneric purposive sampling where researchers chose specific participants that exhibit certaincharacteristics.Theoretical framework: The researchers question was what leads to mindful consumerism, inorder to achieve that the planned behavioural model was used. In this paper the researchers havefocused on four themes that can be connected to mindful food consumption. Environment andsustainability, health and wellbeing, self preservation, social and moral implications. By applying3theory of planned behaviour to these four topics the researchers could pinpoint what factorsexactly lead to mindful consumerism.Findings: The authors argue that some of the four themes have more influence on mindfulconsumption of food and lastly that consumers themselves are responsible for the decision toengage in mindful consumption of their food.

Thesis monitors processing of orders in the Böhler Uddeholm CZ s.r.o. company in the sales department and the department of sales and logistic. The aim of the work is to analyze current situation and to propose better and innovative ways of how to improve the procedure of order processing and shipping. Theoretical part will look at information technology and the cycle of order processing. Practical part will introduce the analyzed company, will describe order processing and at the and I will propose suggestions that could ease, improve and quicken order processing itself.

This master´s thesis deals with the management of the purchasing strategy in the selected business company. This company sells products to final customers. The purpose of the thesis is to monitor purchasing processes mainly focusing on the supplier selection process. Thesis contains suggestion for a systematic selection process of prospective business partners, which is divided into four phases. Proposed suggestion contributes to higher productivity of the company´s purchasing strategy and considerably eliminates risk of high dependence on the sole supplier.