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?

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closing
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The closing
Closing
of several high
street
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shops is happening nowadays.There are plenty of reasons behind
this
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trend and is considered a
productive
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production
growth by a part of society
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I
,
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however
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,
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,
presumed that
this
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development has detrimental consequences
on
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for
sellers and consumers as well. There are numerous factors responsible for
this
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on
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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
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the internet
makes life easier and fast, there is no need to go out for shopping and to spend hours in
streets
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the streets
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which is
oviously
unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
obviously
a tiring process
that is
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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
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the internet
because of
competion
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
competition
compassion
compression
and less extra charges.
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there are many expenses of a departmental store
such
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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
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on
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On
the other hand, online stores have not
such
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expenses and
hence
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less rates as compared to
street
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stores.
As a result
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; people find online shopping not only easy way but
also
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pocket friendly.
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, 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
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as high
street
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shops. I reckon that
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,
if main
street
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businesses are gone out of
business
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business, then
then
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surely it
will leads
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will lead
to
problem
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the problem
problems
a problem
of unemployment as many workers
such
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as salesman
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,
labour
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cashiers are working in these stores. Apart from
this
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, 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
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, shopping centres are serving as
community centre
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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
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oviously
unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
obviously
social contacts would suffer.
Hence
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,
this
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trend is not only damaging for small
street
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shops but
also
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for the society. In conclusion,
although
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there
are
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is
some genuine reason like time saving for the closing of departmental stores
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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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