Trends of the consumer behaviour during the global economic recession: Detailed image of the Czech consumer

The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to explain the perfumes consumption trend in the Czech economic background and its differentiation from other, mostly savings-oriented trends. I am interested not only to describe the main signs of the trend, but I will also focus my research on unveiling hidden motivators inside consumer himself/herself. To fulfill this assignment, I chose the methods of qualitative market research to gather and interpret relevant data. Research itself was conducted with 5 consumers using individual in-depth interviews. During interviews, I was consecutively realizing the differences between general consumption pattern during the crisis and the consumption of perfumes, as one of the factors of self-presentation. By the end of the research, all the main drivers of consumers spending towards this specific category were identified. All findings were compared and connected to the theories of well known experts in the field of customer behaviour study, Cooley's "looking-glass self" and Belk's -- "extended self". The perfumes consumption trend confirmed its existence in the Czech Republic among respondents and has shown its tight correlation to consumers' identity and personality