In recent years, many 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?

Nowadays people prefer to shop in large shopping centres or modern retailers in

malls

as opposed to the old days where they used to buy groceries and other things from local

shops

in their neighbourhood or other nearby areas. In my opinion, I firmly voice that

this

is a negative development owing to the fact that many small

shops

might suffer huge loss or even worse they might have to close their businesses permanently. One drawback of shopping from large retailers is that local produce and other products might not be available or stocked regularly.

In addition

, these

shops

do not have a close relationship with customers and

hence

they have no clue about the local needs of the neighbourhood. At present, quite popular retailers are open in

malls

and they house the standard groceries and other household needs, thereby missing the essential daily needs of the community. Another negative point to consider is that buying things from modern retail stores might have hidden costs which will eventually affect the cost of the products purchased there.

For example

, supermarkets

such

as Star Bazaar and Reliance Fresh are lodged in most of the

malls

and we tend to flock there to meet our grocery shopping needs. The cost to rent a place, hire staff to run the shop and all other maintenance costs are adjusted in the product cost.

This

might directly affect our personal budget, and in

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not many can afford to continue buying in those fancy

shops

.

Finally

, the crucial effect of shopping in

malls

is that small business owners suffer huge financial loss and eventually will end up closing their business.

This

will leave them unemployed which will affect their family life.

In other words

, losing small businesses would directly have an impact in the economy of our country and

eventually

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GDP growth will face downfall.

Moreover

,

this

will impact our country's position in the international market. In conclusion, people shopping from

malls

is inversely

propotional

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proportional

to the GDP growth index of our country. To avoid

this

situation, they should be encouraged to shop for their essential needs in the neighbouring stores.