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

Over a decade, shopping experience for a consumer has been exponentially enhanced with the introduction of giant supermarkets, but every transformation comes with a tiny

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it is affecting local businesses. In my opinion, I agree that

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a ubiquitous visit

to massive retail complexes worthwhile for consumers in terms of affordability and diverse products range as well as for society. A good reason to shift towards supermarkets is an affordable retail price of daily consume items ranges from

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to cosmetics.

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, retail companies buy products in bulk quantities directly from producers, and bulk purchases come with significant price negotiations which they simply pass to consumers.

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, chances of

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wastage have been

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reduced

as a consumer purchase from limited places, because fewer stores have to maintain a stockpile of

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items.

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, according to a recent study, it has been found that wastage of

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products reduced by more than 10 per cent in major metro cities. Another good point to consider is that having massive shopping malls brought a diverse variety of products under one roof, which saves selection

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for consumers. In

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fast-paced world, people want to devote extra

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work because of cut-throat competition in workplaces, so

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of visiting multiple stores, they can get all the products in one single place.

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, every supermarket provides flexibility

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an individual to choose an item from a vast variety of products.

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, almost every supermarket sells

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different types

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cheese, which

sourced from multiple regions.

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, with the reduction in local shops, the quality control authority has to inspect in limited places, so in place of spending public exchequer on quality maintenance, the government can disburse money on public welfare. To conclude, the introduction of giant shopping complexes not only worthwhile for an individual in terms of

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time efficiency

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time, efficiency

, reasonable prices and huge

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beneficial for local authorities to spend significantly less money on quality maintenance.