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 a negative development?

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Doing shopping at big shopping

centers

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centres

or malls is a new customer trend in recent years.

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caused many small local shops had to close.

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essay will discuss the positives and negatives of doing shopping at big shopping

centers

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centres

centre

and or malls. There are various positives of shopping at larger shopping centres. The

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positive is that there are a lot of products at malls so that customers can choose what they want to buy. It is very convenient for customers. The

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positive is that there are many services are provided at malls

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as restaurants, gym, and kid entertainment areas with large air-conditioned spaces, so that customers can combine doing shopping with entertainment activities at malls. The

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positive is that

malls

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mall

usually

supply

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supplying

products being seen as clean and proved origin so that customers have safe feelings.

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, there are

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various negatives caused by shopping at larger shopping centres. The

first

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negative is that malls have large spaces so that they spend a lot of electricity

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the air conditioning system that cause a negative effect on the environment. The

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negative is that malls have large parking spaces so that they can cause a traffic jam at the weekend. The

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negative is that customers usually buy a lot of items for a week or even a month

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could be expensive. In conclusion, convenience, diversity services, and safe feelings are the positives of doing shopping at malls. Environmental negative effects, traffic jams, and expenses have seen as negatives of doing shopping at malls. In the future, when build new malls, these negatives have to take

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account carefully.

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Coherence and Cohesion: 5.0

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Introduction & conclusion present

Supported main points

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Lexical resource: 5.0

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Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

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retail outlets
consumer behavior
shop locally
convenience
variety
economic growth
job creation
community
personal touch
small businesses
local economy
big corporations
dependence
shopping habits
urbanization
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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 a negative development?

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