Malgorzata Koszewska

Lodz University of Technology · Institute of Marketing and Sustainable Development

The paper discusses Polish consumers’ behaviours in the market for sustainable textiles and clothing. The analysis presented in this article was undertaken because of: 1 the scarcity of studies on socially responsible consumption in so-called new consumer countries characterized by slowly developing ethical consumer movement; 2 few studies analysin...

This book provides the first comprehensive appraisal of the paradigm shift towards mandatory sustainability requirements in EU public procurement law. Traditionally, EU public procurement law focused on ‘how to buy’, dictating procedural rules to overcome discrimination within the internal market. Mandatory green and social requirements mean that t...

Przegląd literatury przedmiotu oraz najnowszych badan w obszarze trendów konsumenckich pozwolił na zidentyfikowanie kilku kluczowych form hybrydowości na rynku mody: • równoległe rozwijanie kanałów sprzedaży online i offline ich wzajemna integracja oraz innowacyjne rozwiązania w tym obszarze, • prowadzenie działalności na styku sfery forprofit i...

A conscious approach to the issue of food traceability on the part of consumers is essential for making rational food purchases, which in turn contributes to sustainable consumption and globally, is an element of sustainable development. The study aims to assess the changes in consumers’ buying behaviors in the context of food traceability before a...

Introduction of a new product on behalf of the customer is one of the most vital processes for outsourcing companies. New product development process is broadly described in the literature, however few analyses refer to the outsourcing organizations. Little attention has been paid to the introduction of new products on behalf of the customer. The n...

Raport powstał na podstawie badania jakościowego i ilościowego na próbie ponad 800 Polaków i oceniał ich gotowość zaangażowania się w transformację gospodarki w kierunku cyrkularnym.

The objective of the paper is to compare teaching approaches and practices that are used on master programs within industrial engineering and related fields. The comparison is made on selected Polish and Thai universities that provided students and graduates for the research survey. Students and graduates from four Polish and six Thai universities...

The limits of the present linear economy model (take-make-waste) are well illustrated by the textile and clothing sector, one of the most indispensable consumer goods industries. Although a huge increase in the number of publications on the circular economy can be observed, the number of papers analyzing consumers’ attitudes and behavior toward cir...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to expand the existing knowledge on fashion consumption in general and age/gender effects on clothing choice in particular. This study was undertaken to empirically examine the importance of various sustainable and non-sustainable apparel cues, as well as the functional, aesthetic, symbolic, financial, environme...

The transition towards a circular economy has become one of the biggest challenges faced by enterprises in the second decade of the 21st century. It is also perceived as one of the key levers for achieving sustainable development goals. However, the peculiar features of individual industries require individual approaches and careful analyses. The p...

Paint and varnishes market is one of the fastest growing globally, mainly due to the huge demand in the construction industry. Based on the purpose of using paints, varnishes and other coatings industry can be categorized in architectural decorative, industrial and special purpose coatings. The largest segment , with highest number of producers is...

Public institutions, companies and governments in the EU and around the world are increasingly engaging in sustainable public procurement – a broad concept that must consider the three pillars of economic equality, social welfare and public health and environmental responsibility when designing public tenders and finalizing government contracts. Th...

The circular economy (CE) model has recently gained much attention from science, business, as well as the authorities on the global level. The limits of the present linear economy model (take-make-waste) are particularly conspicuous in examining the textile and clothing industry. The change from the linear to the circular model requires knowledge,...

The limits of the present linear economy model (take-make-waste) are well illustrated by the textile and clothing sector, one of the most essential consumer goods industry. Although we can observe a huge increase in the number of publications on the Circular Economy (CE) there is still limited number of the analyses that would analyze consumer beha...

The circular economy model has recently gained a lot of attention worldwide from scientists, business people and authorities. The importance of the transition towards a more circular economy has also been noticed in the European Union. The new regulations provide the enabling framework for the circular economy to flourish. At the same time, althoug...

Consumers assessing textile and clothing products are increasingly taking into account their ecological, social and ethical values. Growing interest in the circular economy issues indicates that soon tha aspects related to the durability of the product, the possibility of its re-use or recycling will gain will gain more importance. The aim of the a...

Wystąpienie podczas Laboratorium 17 Celów, zrównoważone opakowania. Laboratorium poświęcone było wypracowywaniu pomysłów na działania w zakresie ecodesignu i zarządzania zrównoważonymi opakowaniami. Prezentacja stanowila wprowadzenie merytoryczne do warsztatu "Zaangażowanie konsumentów" Jego celem była próba odpowiedzi na pytania: -Jak przekonać ko...

The need to abandon the linear economic model in favor of circular one is becoming increasingly urgent in textile and clothing industries. The transition requires significant changes in both production and consumption models. Therefore the aim of the article is to identify the crucial apparel purchasing criteria for the circular economy and to acce...

The need to abandon the linear economic model in favor of circular one is becoming increasingly urgent in textile and clothing industries. The transition requires significant changes in both production and consumption models. Therefore the aim of the article is to identify the crucial apparel purchasing criteria for the circular economy and to acce...

Presentation tries to answer few questions: Why we need do move towards circular economy model? What is the relationship the Circular Economy and Sustainability? How companies incorporate the Circular Economy concept in their sustainability agenda? How do companies link CE and sustainability in their CS reports? To what extent circular economy (CE)...

Dynamic changes in modern social life force people to make unremitting choices from the range of choices for consumer choices. One of these choices refers to the clothing, which how-ever remains in the sphere of autonomous individual choice, it is partly influenced by cultural and international conditions. The article attempts to describe and compa...

Gradual environmental degradation, shrinking of non-renewable resources, and lower quality of life are directly or indirectly arising from snowballing consumption. These unfavorable processes concern increasingly textile and clothing sector and are increasingly being felt in Visegrad Region (V4). The objective of the article was to access current c...

Gradual environmental degradation, shrinking of non-renewable resources, and lower quality of life are directly or indirectly arising from snowballing consumption. These unfavourable processes concern increasingly textile and clothing sector and are increasingly being felt in Visegrad (V4) countries. They will not stop unless consumption patterns a...

Transformacja w kierunku gospodarki o obiegu zamkniętym (GOZ) wymaga istotnych zmian modeli produkcji jak i konsumpcji. Wyraźnie podkreśla się rolę konsumenta w tworzeniu GOZ zwracając uwagę, iż wybory jakich dokonują konsumenci mogą wspierać rozwój GOZ lub go utrudniać. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza wpływu czynników socjodemograficznych...

Transformation to a circular economy requires significant changes in production and consumption patterns. The methods of introducing these changes will be different in specific industries. The specificity of the industry requires a unique approach and precise analysis. The aim of the article is to analyze the role of a consumer in the transformatio...

The main purpose of this study is to expand the knowledge of consumer behavior in the market for sustainable clothing and to build a theoretical model of this behavior based on the review of the relevant literature and the author’s own research. The model is to provide a wider perspective on consumer behavior with respect to textile and clothing pr...

The overview of the legal framework, programmes and initiatives in the area of sustainability in Poland made in the report allows to conclude that Poland has made an impressive effort to transpose EU environmental legislation. Furthermore, in the last years, we have seen rapid increases in the number of certified organisations, both EMAS, ISO 14001...

The objective of this project was to support and strengthen the cohesion of the V4 countries in their efforts to achieve a more sustainable consumption culture and thus more sustainable production models in the selected consumer goods’ markets. In the project this was done within the analysis of intermediate connections and influences of: -Demand s...

Celem niniejszego artykułu było podjęcie dyskusji na temat potrzeby kompleksowego podejścia do oceny jakości odzieży, które uwzględniałoby nie tylko wyniki badań laboratoryjnych ale także konsumencki punkt widzenia. Próbę takiego ujęcia oceny jakości przedstawiono na przykładzie empirycznym. Analizie poddano dzianinowe koszulki damskie z dwóch hipe...

This report will concentrate on the supply side of the market. It concentrates therefore on the analysis of driving forces, barriers and challenges for sustainable products markets development in V4 countries – from the producer’s point of view. One of the main aims of the report is to answer a question: How existing niche markets for sustainable p...

Most studies exploring various aspects of consumers’ opinions on the comfort properties of textiles and clothing products focus on the latter. Studies on home textiles are relatively few. There is also observable insufficiency of analyses undertaken to determine how the ecological properties of home textiles relate to the perception of their comfor...

Recent years have been a period of rising interest in issues related to the certification and labelling of sustainable products. One of the objectives labelling systems seek to achieve is to make sustainable textile and clothing products more recognizable, but also easily and widely available. The present trend in labelling lays stress on a possibl...

The main objective of the project was to too access current consumption patterns in V4 countries, identify the factors that influence those patterns and finally to draw the conclusions for more sustainable consumption models. In particular, the survey examined following aspects of consumers’ behaviour: Environmental knowledge Environmental concern...

In modern commodity science, more and more attention is given to product quality analysis carried out from the consumers’ perspective as well as to the analysis of consumer-manufacturer relations. In this context, increasing importance is given to the analysis of factors influencing consumers’ behavior, in particular those affecting product percept...

The article presents the initial discussion of the results of research performed with a Delphi method within the project Foresight ‘Modern technologies for the textile industry. A chance for Poland’. This project was done as a part of the POIG (Operational Programme Innovative Economy) for the years 2007-2013. It was aimed at identifying the direct...

The aim of the article is to assess the role of ecological and social labels in consumer evaluation of textile and clothing products. The research performed on a representative sample of Polish consumers allowed to assess the level of recognition and understanding of the information conveyed with the help of eco- and social labels placed on textile...

Badania bezpośrednie przeprowadzone na reprezentatywnej próbie polskich konsumentów, uzupełnione wynikami analiz bazujących na źródłach wtórnych, pozwoliły na dokonanie podziału polskich konsumentów na jednorodne grupy typologiczne pod względem ich wrażliwości na różne aspekty związane z ekologią i etyką. Wyodrębnione typy scharakteryzowano pod wzg...

The global trend towards replacing petroleum-based polymers with biodegradable polymers is a response to the swelling problem of post-consumer waste polluting the environment, the shortage of landfills and the long period of waste decomposition. Biodegradable polymers have many applications in the textile and clothing industry. The purpose of this...

Until recently the textile and clothing industry has been developed based on technological and cost factors. As a result, manufacturers have generally implemented research/tech-nology-driven and price-driven innovations rather than user/consumer-driven innovations. The aim of this article is to start a discussion about the ways to increase the role...

An overview of the Western European literature shows that one of the most distinct trends in consumption that has been noted in the recent years is globally increasing environmental and social awareness. The issue of consumers' behaviours and attitudes towards "socially responsible products" has been gaining importance in Polish economy as well. Th...

The certification and labelling of ’socially responsible products’ has been clearly attracting more and more interest in recent years. The systems and practical solutions developed in this field aim to make “ethical products” recognisable and generally available. This trend arises from growing consumer appreciation of not only the technical advanta...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained special importance in recent years. As well as being widely discussed by researchers, the business community is increasingly rec-ognising it as a factor affecting the competitiveness of companies, which, if absent, can practically disable their long-term functioning. Although CSR is a challenge for a...

Innovativeness is believed to be a basic prerequisite for firms to gain and maintain sustainable competitiveness on the global market. Based on a questionnaire survey, the innovativeness-related needs of Polish protective clothing manufacturers were analysed. By identifying their major needs and the level of firms’ competence in individual areas, g...

By accepting the EU's 'acquis communautaire' applying to common trade policy, Poland has become a party to all international customs and trade agreements concluded by the Community. The replacement of a national customs tariff with an integrated EU's tariff produced a range of fiscal, organizational, and financial consequences. The type, scope, and...

This paper presents the changes to some properties and structural features of four types of polymer fibres and the nonwovens obtained from them during fibre pyrolysis and the following steam activation at a temperature of 850 °C of the carbon nonwovens obtained. The changes in tenacity of the precursor, the carbon, and the active carbon nonwovens a...

This article attempts to assess the competitiveness of Polish protective clothing manufactu-rers based on relevant indicators. The analysis is built on statistical data from 1999-2004 according to the appropriate codes of the Eurostat Combined Nomenclature. O n 1 May 2004, the Polish protec-tive clothing market became part of the EU single market,...

Outsourcing is a very successful and increasingly popular enterprise management strategy. The aim of this article is to analyse prospects for outsourcing development in the protecive clothing market. The author attempts to present outsourcing as a very successful competitive tool and a way of strengthening a given firm's position in the protective...

This article attempts to analyse the emerging opportunities and threats connected with the new environment in which Polish enterprises started to operate after 1 May 2004. It also presents the conclusions that Polish protective clothing manufacturers can draw. In this context, we discuss the most recent trends in protective clothing manufacturing,...

The electrical properties of the grainy forms of active carbon are well known, but their use is limited by the small electrical contact which occurs between the grains. A growing interest in fibrous carbon materials can be observed, which is mirrored in the literature concerning electrode materials. Among other things, this results from the fact th...

The single European market, with its free movement of goods, puts product safety and quality at the top of the agenda. Many of the requirements laid down in international standards, directives and other laws must be met by the Polish economy so it can join the market's mechanisms. Of especial importance are the regulations governing standardisation...

Protective garments and fabrics are discussed and the market sectors into which they can be subdivided are analysed. This analysis reveals that the largest consumption sector (83%) is industry. The Armed Forces and the police account for a further 2%, tand the remaining 7% is used in hospitals and similar environments.