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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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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.
This
 caused many small local shops had to close.
This
 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
first
 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
second
 positive is that there are many services are provided at malls
such
 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
third
 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.
However
, there are
also
 various negatives caused by shopping at larger shopping centres. The
first
 negative is that malls have large spaces so that they spend a lot of electricity
on
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in
 the air conditioning system that cause a negative effect on the environment. The
second
 negative is that malls have large parking spaces so that they can cause a traffic jam at the weekend. The
third
 negative is that customers usually buy a lot of items for a week or even a month
this
 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
in to
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into
 account carefully.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • 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
  • globalization
  • competition
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