In the past shopping was a routine domestic task. Many people nowadays regard it as a hobby. To what extent do you think this is a positive trend?

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modern era, purchasing of goods is considered as a leisure-time

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for many consumers in comparison to the past times. In my opinion, it is not a positive

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as individuals spend

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on products which is of no

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to them leading to wastage of their

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. To commence with, the reason why people consider shopping as their hobby is due to the advent of online shopping. In

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digitalised era, each and every individual have mobile phones and laptops.

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, in their free times they go through surfing their desired products on shopping websites like Myntra, Flipkart, Amazon and soon it becomes an addiction to them because of the benefits associated with it like getting the quality products at cheaper prices with just a click on their electronic devices without making any efforts travelling to the shops.

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, if there are different discounts on sales at festive seasons like the End of Season Sale, Diwali Sale, individuals purchase goods at bulk and

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it becomes a past time

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for them.

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, in India,more than 70% of the individuals

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to purchase goods at bulk during festive seasons to avail the discounts and other benefits associated with it.

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, with regards to shopping being the consumers past time

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, the consumers spend large sums of

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on buying the products which are of no

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to them. As it became their addiction, they buy products which seems fancy on the websites and

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they keep some of the products as showpieces in their homes.

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, individuals are not able to save

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and there have been situations where most individuals have gone bankrupt.

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, it is a negative trend because if it continues on a long-term basis,

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there may come a time where people will be gaining nothing.

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, people should take care of their spending behaviour and do not treat shopping as their leisure-time

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. To summarise,

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a huge number of people enjoy doing shopping, it should not become their addiction because as a consequence of it, people are purchasing unnecessary products which are of no

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to them leading to wastage of their hard-earned

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.