In many countries around the world, shopping has turned into a form of entertainment rather than a way of getting what people need. Discuss the reason for this trend. Is it a positive or negative development.

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shopping is more of an impulsive
purchase
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rather than its necessity. Since there is an increase in shopping malls around the globe shopping has become easier as everything is available under one roof.
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essay will discuss why shopping is considered as an entertainment
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and in my opinion, I feel there are more negative aspects
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trend than positive. Earlier people used to do shopping for fulfilling their basic requirements, but
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it is seen as a leisure activity.
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Today people
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Today, people
purchase
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products that are not essential for them. The change in
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trend of shopping is because
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's generation
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will earn
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, their disposable income is higher.
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,
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there are myriad of financial schemes
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as EMI, credit card and so
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makes purchasing any value of goods easy.
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, if an individual wants to
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transport commercially
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a mobile, he can
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it even if he has no money to pay for it immediately.
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purchases were not possible during
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the early
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, shopping at ease is treated as an entertainment for people. Even though people have more income
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and do more shopping there are situations where people buy products which are unnecessary. Due to
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impulsive
purchase
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using credit
facilities many
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facilities, many
individuals go under financial crisis.
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, in a recent survey, it was found that 80% of youngsters borrowed loans from banks to
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products that are beyond the capacity and became financial defaulters.
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youngsters do shopping on seeing what others own and in order to maintain the same status they do unwanted shopping. To conclude, shopping can be considered as an entertainment if there is a need for the product and can maintain financial discipline.
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The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

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  • To summarize
  • Finally
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  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Retail therapy
  • Consumerism
  • Disposable income
  • Gratification
  • Homogenization
  • Commercialization
  • Materialistic
  • Economic stimulus
  • Sustainable consumption
  • Mindless spending
  • E-commerce
  • Market saturation
  • Consumer behavior
  • Globalization of shopping
  • Shopping addiction
  • Debt accumulation
  • Social status
  • Environmental footprint
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