Fig. 1.
Euroregion Nisa by Google maps.
Table 1.
Frequency of purchases by Czech citizens abroad before and after the pandemic.
| Type of goods | Year | Once a week | Twice a month | Once a month | Once every six months | Once a year | I don’t shop at all | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-durable goods | 2019 | 6% | 13% | 26% | 28% | 6% | 21% | 100% |
| 2023 | 10% | 27% | 41% | 17% | 3% | 1% | 100% | |
| Durable goods | 2019 | 1% | 4% | 12% | 15% | 19% | 48% | 100% |
| 2023 | 3% | 9% | 10% | 25% | 22% | 31% | 100% |
Table 2.
Type of shops where Czech customers shop abroad before and after the pandemic.
| Type of goods | Year | Shopping centres | Hypermarkets (e.g. Kaufland) | Hobby markets (e.g. Bauhaus, Castorama) | Discount stores (e.g. Lidl, Biedronka) | Specialty shops, small shops | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-durable goods | 2019 | 10% | 41% | 6% | 33% | 10% | 100% |
| 2023 | 9% | 38% | 5% | 38% | 10% | 100% | |
| Durable goods | 2019 | 15% | 23% | 28% | 16% | 18% | 100% |
| 2023 | 16% | 23% | 29% | 14% | 18% | 100% |
Table 3.
Frequency of purchases of non-durable goods before and after the pandemic.
| 2019 | Once a week | Twice a month | Once a month | Once every six months | Once a year | I don’t shop at all | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food | 8% | 8% | 28% | 30% | 7% | 18% | 100% |
| Petrol, diesel | 4% | 10% | 16% | 10% | 4% | 57% | 100% |
| Alcohol | 2% | 6% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 58% | 100% |
| Cigarettes | 1% | 4% | 11% | 6% | 2% | 77% | 100% |
| Cosmetics, drugstore items | 1% | 8% | 27% | 26% | 11% | 26% | 100% |
| 2023 | Once a week | Twice a month | Once a month | Once every six months | Once a year | I don’t shop at all | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food | 9% | 30% | 41% | 15% | 4% | 9% | 100% |
| Petrol, diesel | 4% | 20% | 22% | 9% | 4% | 42% | 100% |
| Alcohol | 3% | 10% | 15% | 16% | 5% | 57% | 100% |
| Cigarettes | 1% | 11% | 11% | 5% | 4% | 69% | 100% |
| Cosmetics, drugstore items | 4% | 17% | 38% | 21% | 9% | 11% | 100% |
Table 4.
Frequency of durable goods purchases before and after the pandemic.
| 2019 | Once a week | Twice a month | Once a month | Once every six months | Once a year | I don’t shop at all | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clothing, footwear | 4% | 4% | 8% | 27% | 15% | 41% | 100% |
| Sports equipment, toys | 0% | 2% | 10% | 19% | 14% | 55% | 100% |
| Furniture, electronics | 0% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 20% | 63% | 100% |
| Household equipment | 4% | 1% | 4% | 19% | 21% | 51% | 100% |
| Garden items, hobby tools | 2% | 4% | 5% | 14% | 20% | 54% | 100% |
| 2023 | Once a week | Twice a month | Once a month | Once every six months | Once a year | I don’t shop at all | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clothing, footwear | 4% | 8% | 13% | 26% | 15% | 34% | 100% |
| Sports equipment, toys | 0% | 7% | 8% | 21% | 20% | 44% | 100% |
| Furniture, electronics | 0% | 4% | 7% | 13% | 21% | 56% | 100% |
| Household equipment | 4% | 4% | 11% | 31% | 18% | 33% | 100% |
| Garden items, hobby tools | 1% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 19% | 40% | 100% |
Table 5.
Importance of factors influencing shoppers in Poland.
| Factor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product quality | 52% | 41% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 100 |
| Product price | 55% | 31% | 12% | 2% | 0% | 100 |
| Products not available in Czech Republic | 19% | 29% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 100 |
| Tradition, custom | 10% | 27% | 28% | 21% | 14% | 100 |
| Country of origin | 11% | 23% | 26% | 22% | 17% | 100 |
| Environmentally-friendly product | 6% | 26% | 32% | 18% | 17% | 100 |
| Product packaging | 3% | 19% | 37% | 21% | 21% | 100 |
| New product on market | 4% | 10% | 29% | 30% | 26% | 100 |
Table 6.
Importance of factors influencing shopping in Germany.
| Factor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product quality | 64% | 31% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 100 |
| Product price | 28% | 56% | 12% | 4% | 0% | 100 |
| Products not available in Czech Republic | 35% | 46% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 100 |
| Country of origin | 20% | 31% | 19% | 19% | 11% | 100 |
| Environmentally-friendly product | 15% | 29% | 38% | 10% | 8% | 100 |
| New product on market | 14% | 23% | 33% | 16% | 14% | 100 |
| Product packaging | 8% | 12% | 29% | 25% | 24% | 100 |
| Tradition, custom | 9% | 10% | 35% | 16% | 30% | 100 |
Table 7.
Influence of classification parameters.
| 1. Travel distance in km | 2. Age | 3. Gender | 4. Net household income in CZK | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 25 | 29.6% | 20–29 | 35% | Men | 60.3% | 0–15,000 | 3.9% |
| 26–50 | 39.3% | 30–39 | 25.3% | Women | 39.7% | 15,001–30,000 | 13.6% |
| 51–75 | 16.7% | 40–49 | 20.6% | 30,001–40,000 | 17.1% | ||
| 76–100 | 7.8% | 50–59 | 13.2% | 40,001–50,000 | 18.3% | ||
| 101 and more | 6% | 60 and more | 5.9% | 50,001–60,000 | 18.7% | ||
| 60,001–70,000 | 10.9% | ||||||
| 70,001–80,000 | 5.8% | ||||||
| more than 80,001 | 11.7% | ||||||
| Total | 100% | Total | 100% | Total | 100% | Total | 100% |
Table 8.
Resulting p-value.
| 1. Travel distance in km | 2. Age | 3. Gender | 4. Net household income in CZK | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Frequency of purchases of durable goods | p-value | 0.0124 | p-value | 0.3221 | p-value | 0.2012 | p-value | 0.2414 |
| 2. Frequency of purchases of non-durable goods | p-value | 0.1121 | p-value | 0.0147 | p-value | 0.0181 | p-value | 0.0114 |
| 3. Type of shops | p-value | 0.1455 | p-value | 0.0199 | p-value | 0.2021 | p-value | 0.0965 |
| 4. Factors influencing shopping | p-value | 0.0045 | p-value | 0.0187 | p-value | 0.2231 | p-value | 0.0412 |