In recent years, many small 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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Nowadays there is a huge development in the shopping sphere. We are viewing how every year there are new shopping mall buildings near big cities and small towns. Because of
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issue,small business can'
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survey, so they close their shops,
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,they can'
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afford to run
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business. In
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essay,I would like to discuss
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a problem.
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of all, the reason is why people choose big shopping malls rather than small shops which are located near to their homes and they
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choose to spend time travelling to them. The
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reason is that the prices are much cheaper in a big one because a customer buys from
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any other suppliers there.
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, the big brand is answering for quality which they offer to customers. As
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, if by the occasion you bought some product which has
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day-saving day , the shop would give your money back.
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,it is just convenient to go there because you save your own time, you don'
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need to run to different shops for bread, meat, clothes or electronics. So you buy everything in one mentioned place. While
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, we look at small shops, which have its advantages too. The following reason is you know well the person from whom you buy products,
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he can get reviews from his customers and change some things if you wish so.
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,you can try to speak about price with businessman and he can make it lower, as you are his permanent buyer. To sum up,all ideas which are mentioned higher tell us that to buy in big branded shops is more saver because the government's organizations can help you to decide problems with which you can meet, while you are buying something. But
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if you buy at owner's shops you can believe in home-made products which are healthier than machine-made ones. So all in all I guess there are both sides which are positive and negative. And every customer should decide on his own whose product he will buy.
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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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