In most developed countries shopping is not only about buying the goods you need, it is also perceived as entertainment. Is it a positive or negative development? Give your own opinion and examples based on your experience.

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is a universally acknowledged fact that in
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21st century shopping has become an entertainment
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of a need in most of the developed nations. Some people hold the opinion that
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is a positive trend; whereas, others have the conflicting views. Here, in the below essay, I will try to enunciate both these facts with my own perception. Some people think that shopping is one of the best hobbies to spend their leisure
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because of the multifarious reasons.
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, they think that while doing the window shopping, probably, one can win a special prize as nowadays, most of the shopping malls keep some kind of a lucky draw option mainly to lure the customers.
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, as per them even though consumers are not buying all the products available in the market, still they are familiar with the latest products, if they are frequent visitors in the shopping malls on the weekends. Undeniably, people who are doing the shopping regularly know about the market trends and various discount offers that are going on.
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, these frequent buyers can take up more benefits in terms of the overall cost; whereas, people who are not regular buyer probably land up spending more amount to purchase the same item. By the contrast, others have conflicting views. As per them, doing shopping on the frequent basis has more negative effects.
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and foremost, while doing the shopping through plastic money like a credit card and a debit card one can land up spending more than their budgets,
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in turn leads to the financial debts.
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, as people are spending most of their leisure
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in doing
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, they do not have enough
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to spend with friends and families, whereas in the olden days as
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trend was not so popular, everyone used to spend their leisure
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either doing some physical exercise or with their family that in turn helps in more bonding and intimacy between the families. To recapitulate, by looking at the above facts, an undeniable hobby like shopping has its own positive as well as detrimental effects.

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