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

In recent

time

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times

, the pattern of shopping amongst the people has drastically changed. The local shops are eradicated from the

market

; they have been replaced by the large shopping malls in the public’s shopping preferences.

Such

a change has both bright and dark sides, which will discuss in the following paragraphs.

To begin

with, the positive development of the

market

containing the mega malls for the customers,

first

and foremost advantage is that the consumers have availability of

wide range

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a wide range

of products including imported goods.

This

facility allows the people to purchase

variety

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a variety

the variety

of products willingly, whereas in the local shops, the customers have limited choices.

As a result

, the standard of living of the people is increasing as compared to the past.

For example

, the mega malls

offers

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offer

variety of

good

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food

at discounted rates,

hence

the people are benefited by having more goods in their budget.

Lastly

, the local shops

are trying

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is trying

to maintain the monopoly in many towns to get extra benefits, owing to availability of the large shopping mall

this

monopoly is converted into perfect competitive

market

.

Thus

, the large malls

plays

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play

vital role in improving the public lifestyle.

On the other hand

,

such

changes

brings

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bring

negative development too. In rural areas the small shops are the backbone of their economy. Due to

arrival

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the arrival

of the mega malls, many local shops

are faded

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fade

from the

market

, which creates economic crises to the rural area.

As a result

, one section of the society has to suffer from unemployment and poverty.

Moreover

, the local shops, whilst the mega malls provoke the people to purchase imported products

instead

of local products.

For instance

, many

handicraft small

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handicraft, small

scale businesses of rural regions of India

have been disappear

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have been disappearing

have been disappeared

due to the mall culture and materialism.

Thus

, the change in shopping patterns of the people

have

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has

detrimental effect

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a detrimental effect

on

domestic economy

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the domestic economy

. In conclusion, the shopping habits of the people are influenced by the large shopping malls, which consists of both positive and negative effects. The government has to form policies of the sustainable business opportunity for the small shops.