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KrystynaMazurek-Łopacińska
ConsiderableopennessofPolishconsumerstonewtrendsinconsumption,
especiallytheirpartialitytoservitisation,virtualisationofconsumption,domo-
centrismandsustainableconsumptionwillfacilitatetheprocessofapproaching
Europeanpatterns.
Functioningintheglobalinformationsocietymakestheaboveeasier,
thankstoachievementsofmoderntechnology,differentformsofmeetingcon-
sumerneeds,includingteleworking.Thegradualchangesinrelationbetween
timeofworkandleisurecreatenewlifestylesandconsumerbehaviourpatterns.
Theincreasingshareofservicesinthesebehaviourpatternsmakesconsumers’
liveseasier,allowingformeetingtheirneedsaccordingtoindividualex-
pectations.ThisisthegeneraltrendinEuropeatthemoment,andPolishcon-
sumers,especiallytheyoungandactiveones,followthetrendinquestion.
AlimitationpreventingseamlessadaptationofWesternmodelsistobefound
inconsumerethnocentrism,whichpromotesbuyinglocalproductsanddif-
ferentiatesconsumption.InPolandethnocentrismconcernsmostlyfoodprod-
ucts,althoughcosmeticsandmedicinesareinvolvedaswell.Ourshopping
patriotismseemsstrongerthanthatofCzechs,HungariansorevenGermans
(Błaszczak,2006).However,inWesternEuropeancountriestheethnocentric
approachismuchstronger.Itresultsfromthehighlevelofeconomydevelop-
mentandqualityofproduction.Itformsnotonlytheattitudeofnationalpride,
butalsolowersthelevelofperceivedrisk.
Functioninginthemarketeconomy,Polesarebecomingmorerationalin
theirchoices,whichfacilitatesbeneficialtransformationsinconsumption
structures.ThesetransformationsarestimulatedbytheinfluenceofEuropean
consumptionpatterns.Theresultisamoremodernconsumptionmodelrealised
byPoles,adaptedtolifeinthenew.
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