Many high street shops have gone out of business in recent years. Why do you think this has happened? Is it a positive or negative development?

closing
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The closing
Closing
of several high
street
shops is happening nowadays.There are plenty of reasons behind
this
trend and is considered a
productive
Suggestion
production
growth by a part of society
.
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.
I
,
Accept space
,
however
,
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,
presumed that
this
development has detrimental consequences
on
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for
sellers and consumers as well. There are numerous factors responsible for
this
.
on
Suggestion
On
the top of which is online shopping, as the
evalution
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
evolution
evaluation
evaluations
of
internet
Suggestion
the internet
makes life easier and fast, there is no need to go out for shopping and to spend hours in
streets
Suggestion
the streets
,
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,
which is
oviously
unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
obviously
a tiring process
that is
why people
,
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,
these days
,
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,
avoid to go out for shopping.The other major cause is discounts available on
internet
Suggestion
the internet
because of
competion
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
competition
compassion
compression
and less extra charges.
For example
,
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,
there are many expenses of a departmental store
such
as rent
,
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,
levy and
electricty
a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
electricity
bills which ultimately become a burden on customers in the form of high prices
.
Accept space
.
on
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On
the other hand, online stores have not
such
expenses and
hence
less rates as compared to
street
stores.
As a result
; people find online shopping not only easy way but
also
pocket friendly.
However
, online shopping has many
benefits but
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benefits, but
it proves to be detrimental
for
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to
small business
such
as high
street
shops. I reckon that
,
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,
if main
street
businesses are gone out of
business
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business, then
then
surely it
will leads
Suggestion
will lead
to
problem
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the problem
problems
a problem
of unemployment as many workers
such
as salesman
,
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,
labour
,
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,
cashiers are working in these stores. Apart from
this
, people are becoming isolated from the outer world which
,
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,
in turn, leads to many problems like obesity
,
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,
depression and stress.
Furthermore
, shopping centres are serving as
community centre
Suggestion
a community centre
community centres
because people gather and enjoy their shopping
together but
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together, but
if they are
shutted
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
shut
down
then
oviously
unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
obviously
social contacts would suffer.
Hence
,
this
trend is not only damaging for small
street
shops but
also
for the society. In conclusion,
although
there
are
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is
some genuine reason like time saving for the closing of departmental stores
,
Accept space
,
it is a
passimistic
expecting the worst possible outcome
pessimistic
burgeon. According to my opinion, it is defeatist for both consumers and sellers.

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