In recent years many small local shops have closed because customers travel to large shopping centers or malls to do their shopping. Is this positive or negative development?

A lot of small shops have been closed due to popular customer preference for shopping in large malls in recent years.

This

essay will provide the answer to the question of why

this

situation is a positive development?

Firstly

, the consolidation of shops in malls would provide great convenience to customers. Nowadays, everyone is busy as they lack

time

to spend on shopping and

this

is especially observed when any consumer wants to buy a variety of products that are sold in different locations of a

city

.

For instance

, we are seeing that most of the malls have groceries, clothing, electronic shops in one

location

and its customers can complete the shopping all types of items in one visit and

this

would help those consumers to optimally use their personal

time

.

Thus

, these large shopping centres have helped customers to manage

time

in a better fashion.

Secondly

, any closure of a small shop would mean everything related to that shop would vacate the premises and

this

would help the local administration to utilize that vacant property for the betterment of the

city

.

For example

, In London, 5 small shops that are

next

to each other in Buckinhum Square have closed their business and vacated from that

location

and later the

city

mayor has opened a new bus station in the same place and

this

has helped the local people in terms of better transport connectivity as there were no bus stops in that

location

earlier.

Furthermore

, the owners of those 5 small shops have actually opened new ones in the London Central Mall and have seen higher profits as there was a surge in the number of customer visits and

this

is because their new

location

is in that mall.

Therefore

, closure and migration of small shops into mall can actually aid the

city

planners to upgrade the

city

. To conclude, the closure of small shops due to the fact that malls are the current customer preference for shopping has actually helped a lot of people.

Therefore

, it is a positive development as it would provide better management of product buyer's

time

as well as develop the

city

concurrently.