Attitude to luxury among young Polish and Portuguese consumers

• Authors: Wioleta Dryl , Arkadiusz Kozłowski

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to examine the differences between Polish and Portuguese young consumer attitude to luxury. Studies on the perception of luxury and the consumer attitude to this phenomenon are based on many scales and take into account different sets of variables. The process of changes in this field is very dynamic, and the obtained results are often not compatible with the results of previous studies. The unanimity in this area can be guaranteed only by comprehensive approach to the problem, based on international, intercultural studies, taking into account factors verified as essential for understanding the consumer attitude to luxury. According to the results of worldwide research carried out so far, the attitude to luxury differs among consumers belonging to different cultures, nationalities, religions, regions with different levels of economic development. Many authors emphasize the fact that also psychological variables such as social compliance, desirability, self-monitoring, may play a role in consumer attitude to luxury. The authors of the article conducted a survey amongst young consumers from Poland and Portugal, to test if significant differences among these two groups’ attitude to luxury occur.

Keywords

EN

luxury; attitude to luxury; luxury product; consumers of luxury products

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
• Journal: Economics and Business Review
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 2(16)
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2016-06-30

Contributors

author

Wioleta Dryl

• University of Gdansk, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management, ul. Armii Krajowej 101, 81-824 Sopot, Poland

author

Arkadiusz Kozłowski

• University of Gdansk, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Management, ul. Armii Krajowej 101, 81-824 Sopot, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18559/ebr.2016.2.6