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Greenwashing in fashion industry: perspective of GenZ
Kyselová, Barbora ; Koudelková, Petra (advisor) ; Schneiderová, Soňa (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the subject of greenwashing, its occurrence in the fashion industry and focuses on a specific target group - generation Z. The theoretical part first describes the concept of green marketing, its definition, benefits for companies and society, as well as its criticism. The following chapter focuses on greenwashing, its history, the most common practices and then the strategy for sustainable communication. The final chapter of the theoretical part of the work is devoted to the fashion industry itself, fast fashion and trends. Next, Generation Z, its perception, purchasing and consumption behavior is brought up. In the practical part, based on the theoretical part, the author defines three areas of questioning for use in qualitative research. The interviews are conducted in a semi-structured manner. The analysis of the interviews then tries to answer the research question of the perception of greenwashing by Generation Z.
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Marketing Communication Development on the Czech Second Hand Fashion Market
Ševčíková, Karolína ; Ježková, Tereza (advisor) ; Konrádová, Marcela (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to examine the second-hand fashion market in the Czech Republic from the perspective of marketing communication, which has not yet been used for this topic. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the meaning of secondhand fashion is defined from various perspectives, which were used to compile in-depth interviews with people who are in charge of communication in the Czech second-hand shops. Furthermore, the theoretical part deals with the validity that applies to the marketing of brands and points out the limits of the application of these well-established procedures to the second-hand market. The interviews were evaluated using grounded theory and point out current obstacles and opportunities of marketing communication of second-hand fashion shops in the Czech environment.
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Ethical consumer behavior of generation Z in the area of sustainable fashion
Ibrová, Barbora ; Rosenfeldová, Jana (advisor) ; Koudelková, Petra (referee)
The bachelor thesis tackles the issue of ethical consumption of Generation Z in the area of sustainable fashion. Specifically, it focuses on the specifics of ethical fashion consumption of sustainably conscious members of Generation Z and their motivations and barriers to purchasing sustainable and ethical fashion alternatives. The theoretical section defines the terms fast fashion and sustainable fashion, and focuses on ethical consumer behaviour and the characteristics of Generation Z as consumers. The practical part includes the analysis and interpretation of individual semi-structured interviews with ethically conscious members of Generation Z, from which the underlying motivations, barriers and specificities of sustainable fashion consumption of young ethically-minded customers are subsequently outlined. The research revealed the attitude-behaviour gap among respondents and a reduced brand sensitivity in the case of consumption. Good feeling and originality were identified as the main motivations for sustainable purchases, with high price and a limited range of cuts and designs emerging as the biggest barriers.
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Contemporary trend of inclusivity demonstrated on magazines Vogue CS and Vogue FR
Skorkovská, Sandra ; Klabíková Rábová, Tereza (advisor) ; Ivanišová, Markéta (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the diversity of models in the Czech and French editions of Vogue. It is based on three studies that mention the rise in popularity of plus size, ethnic, queer, disabled and mature models on catwalks, magazine covers and Instagram. It focuses on the representation of three groups of models, specifically models of different skin tones, models of different body types and models aged 50 and above. The aim of this thesis is to determine whether (and to what extent) selected editions of Vogue magazine include selected groups in their content through photographs that promote a product or brand, and how these editions differ from each other. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part first deals with defining the concept of diversity and the representation of selected groups in the fashion industry. The following section characterizes magazines, including magazines aimed at women. Afterwards, the history of the Czech and French editions of the examined magazine is presented. The methodological part deals with the content analysis of 24 magazines and their subsequent comparison, with a total of 976 models analysed. In addition to the two research questions, three hypotheses are also established, building on the theoretical part and...
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Consumers' Motives for Buying Upcycled Clothes
Bourová, Tereza ; Janoušková, Svatava (advisor) ; Švíková, Radka (referee)
The focus of this diploma thesis is on the consumers' motives for purchasing upcycled clothing. Based on the research of available resources, this thesis firstly describes the most expanded model of clothing production, fast fashion, with special focus on the negative environmental impacts it has during different stages of a product life cycle. It later moves on to describe the traditional and more environmentally friendly model, slow fashion, and puts both these concepts (fast fashion and slow fashion) in connection with the hierarchy of waste management and the concept of circular economy. This theoretical base helps to fully understand the concept of upcycled fashion, which is thoroughly described in a separate chapter that also includes various examples of designers who focus on fashion upcycling. The last section of the theoretical part deals with motivation and motives for purchasing clothes. The empirical part of this diploma thesis focuses on how consumers perceive upcycled fashion in order to answer the main research question: What are the consumers' motives for purchasing upcycled clothes? To answer the question, qualitative research was used, specifically semi- structured interviews. The interviews were conducted with a total of twelve shoppers who have had previous personal experience...
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The Contemporary System of Fashion
Srbová, Kateřina ; Rozbořil, Blahoslav (referee) ; Kubíková, Zuzana (advisor)
The fashion industry is conditioned by building a uniform singularity of an individual through relating to what a look symbolises conceptually and objectively. [Fashion] designers operate with a societal perception of equality, social justice or feminism as if they were products. The challenge for them is not the acceptance and creation of real values, but rather to sell what these values could represent if accepted within the society. Identification with the concept of self-acceptance while watching a catwalk narrative therefore means watching a material representation of a loud affection. This affection is then being accepted by purchasing products that could represent them. The controversy is manifested by the fact how values, which have not yet been embraced by the majority of society, are being represented materially and personally. Designers dress these objects of representation into specific entities and the catwalk represents a speculative model of the future. By a gradual flow of these looks into the mainstream, society does not accept the values but merely wears them. Therefore in the present, every value is seasonal. This bachelor thesis is trying to shed some light on the contemporary system of fashion.
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The slow fashion trend and its perceptions by the millennials
Lacková, Karina ; Hejlová, Denisa (advisor) ; Rosenfeldová, Jana (referee)
The main topic of this bachelor thesis is millennials understanding of consumer purchasing behaviour within the fashion industry. So called generation Y is one of the biggest market forces and the emphasis will be put on perception of the concept slow fashion, and secondly on the fast fashion. For this purpose, the theoretical part presents fashion as an important part of the society. Subsequently, description of the current problematic condition of fashion industry is introduced. Furthermore, the concept of slow fashion and emerging of sustainability within the fashion industry is described. The last chapter of the theoretical part regards the Y generation where their shopping habits and fashion industry perceptions were revealed. In the practical part were conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with respondents from the generation of millennials. These interviews are subsequently analysed, and the acquired data are compared with the theoretical groundwork. The analysis of the interviews suggests that the sustainable aspect of clothing is not one of the primary factors in purchasing decisions for respondents.
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Greenwashing in fashion indrustry with special focus on H&M
Kadlečková, Daniela ; Vranka, Marek (advisor) ; Hejlová, Denisa (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the subject of greenwashing, its presence in fashion industry and it focuses on an example of one of the world's leading fashion companies - H&M. The theoretical part describes the concept of corporate social responsibility which represents a framework of all ecological initiatives of every company, it analyses its environmental aspects and explicates terms of sustainability and green marketing. The following chapter deals with the concept of greenwashing, its definitions, origins and history. The subsequent chapter describes the system of the fashion industry, its driving mechanisms that caused rapid acceleration of the textile production over recent decades, it tries to depict its impact on the environment and analyses selected sustainable efforts that are commonly made by fast fashion brands in the field of environmental CSR. The last chapter of the theoretical part deals with H&M and its history, it describes its green policy and analyses selected environmental activities that could be considered as an example of greenwashing. The practical part examines the perception of the brand H&M by confrontation of the consumers with positive or negative information about its green activities. This quantitative research was realized in the form of survey experiment.
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