Prague Economic Papers 2016, 25(2):189-202 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.554

Segmentation of Consumers in the Context of their Space Behaviour: Case Study of Bratislava

Marta Grossmanová1, Pavol Kita2, Marta Žambochová3
1 University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Applied Languages, Department of English language (marta.grossmanova@euba.sk).
2 University of Economics in Bratislava, Trade Faculty, Marketing Department, Bratislava (pavol.kita@euba.sk).
3 J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, of Social and Economic Studies, Department of Mathematics and Informatics (marta.zambochova@ujep.cz).

The paper analyses the evolution of the retail network of the capital city of Slovakia Bratislava affecting buying behaviour and lifestyle of its consumers. From the marketing point of view, it characterizes the space behaviour of the consumers and presents the behaviour of consumers living in single districts of Bratislava. It shows, on the one hand, how the importance of consumer behaviour rises in the declining economic prosperity during last years, while on the other hand, the concentration in retail declines the chances for success of small independent food retail stores during last recent years. The authors used different methods, e.g. GIS, cluster analysis, for testing they asses the significance of market segments on the sample involving 11,389 respondents interviewed.

Keywords: space, segmentation of market, retail network, consumer behaviour
JEL classification: C38, M31

Published: January 1, 2016  Show citation

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Grossmanová, M., Kita, P., & Žambochová, M. (2016). Segmentation of Consumers in the Context of their Space Behaviour: Case Study of Bratislava. Prague Economic Papers, 25(2), 189-202. doi: 10.18267/j.pep.554
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