Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Katarína Gubíniová Author-Name-First: Katarína Author-Name-Last: Gubíniová Author-Email: katarina.gubiniova@fm.uniba.sk Author-Workplace-Name: Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Gabriela P. Bartáková Author-Name-First: Gabriela Author-Name-Last: Bartáková Author-Email: gabriela.bartakova@fm.uniba.sk Author-Workplace-Name: Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Lenka Sloviaková Author-Name-First: Lenka Author-Name-Last: Sloviaková Author-Email: Author-Workplace-Name: Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Practices used in current marketing communication and comparison of their evaluation from the point of view of customers in the Slovak Republic and abroad Abstract: Satisfying customer needs in order for an organisation to achieve a defined profitability on the one hand and to have satisfied customers on the other has been characteristic of traditional customer-oriented approaches to marketing management. Hypercompetitive market, which is currently functioning at the level of both national and multinational economies, is characterised by the fact that in an effort of marketing managers to operate in markets, more and more deceptive, unethical and misleading practices are appearing. Misleading, deceptive and unethical approaches of marketing management have become a subject of social criticism, while this issue is gradually becoming more and more notable also in academic sphere. Therefore, perception and evaluation of the marketing activities in marketing communication by ultimate customers under the conditions of the Slovak Republic (on the grounds of a research with the participation of a representative sample size of 1 650 respondents) are dealt with in this paper. Classification-JEL: M31 Keywords: marketing communication, deceptive practices in marketing communication, perception of deceptive practices, ultimate customers, research quantitative marketing research, qualitative marketing research Journal: Marketing Science & Inspirations Pages: 24-39 Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Year: 2018 File-URL: https://msijournal.com/praktiky-v-sucasnej-marketingovej-komunikacii/ Handle: RePEc:cub:journm:v:13:y:2018:i:3:p:24-39