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In many nations more and more shops are open for long hours. Is this a positive or negative development for the shoppers and local community

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Nowadays, in many
countries many
Accept comma addition
countries, many
 businesses have joined the trend of having long shopping hours. In my opinion, I consider that long
openning
first or beginning
opening
 hours have positive effect on both the shoppers and the local community at large. It has become obvious that a lot more businesses
are opened
Suggestion
open
 for long hours. On the one hand, I believe that there are many good reasons why more store are extending their business hours.
Firstly
, consumers will have greater choice and would be encouraged to spend locally rather than having to go long distances to find what they need.
Secondly
, workers would be able to earn extra income to help me support their family.
Finally
 shop owners would a level playing field to help them compete with their online competitors.
In other words
, the economic benefit of these effects cannot be over emphasised.
For example
, a policy review report done in Germany in 2016 showed that
ther
in or at that place
there
their
the
 was an 8% rise in the retail jobs and a 25%i
ncrease
become bigger or greater in amount
increase
increases
 in retail
sake
a particular instance of selling
sale
 due to flexible trading hours for retailers.
On the other hand
, it is often believed that there are some drawbacks to having a lot of shops opened for long hours.
First
 of all, small local businesses cannot cope with the overheads that
comeswithhavingtoopenforlongerhoursso
,
Accept space
,
theygivewaytobiggerbusinessestoopen
, dragging away trade from them, leading to closure of many smaller retailers which will in turn
effect
the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
affect
 the economic status of these communities. Another point is that shoppers choices are limited. The big stores would squeeze out the smaller shop, reducing competition and diminishing the consumer choice. In conclusion, while many more shops are opening for long business hours
this
 can have
positive impact
Suggestion
a positive impact
 on shoppers and their host communities, there are
also
 some negative side effect to
this
.
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