In recent years, many small local shops have closed because customers travel to large shopping centers or malls to do their shopping. Is this a positive or negative development?

In the current scenario, several small shops have been shutting down as there is a preference for the big shopping complexes over them. In my opinion, I agree that

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development is positive as it is beneficial to both society and the government. There are umpteen reasons why individuals do shopping in the large shopping plazas. Primarily, Shopping malls have a fixed price policy

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to the small-scale stores where the shopkeepers may sell goods at a much higher price if the customer is not aware of the actual price.

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, the malls offer a guarantee on the goods which small shops may not offer in some cases.

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, there are multiple stores at one place and customers do not have to travel to different places if they have to buy

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, the malls have a plethora of shops

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as clothes, grocery, food joints, and people can have

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the best

shopping experience, as local shops do not provide multiple things in one place.

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, In Chandigarh's Elante mall, people can enjoy shopping and food in one place. If they feel hungry while buying clothes, they can go to food court. Another point of significance is that the authorities will be benefitted

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approach. Unlike, local stores, the big branded shops do not avoid taxes, as they provide proper

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bills, including

the tax applied to the things the person buy.

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, if a large number of people go to the shopping

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for purchasing things, they will travel by their cars. When they reach there, they have to park their vehicles at the paid parking spots and

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will provide a monetary benefit to the city administration. In conclusion, according to the above-mentioned analysis, it is more advantageous if there are

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scale shopping complexes than small ones.