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

Over the past few years, shopping trends have been changed because many people prefer doing their shopping from malls. In my opinion,

this

is a positive development that has made purchasing experience easy not only for the consumers but

also

for the

government

in terms of

tax

collection.

Firstly

, the ease of exchange is one of the main advantages of these shopping centres. To promote their

products

shops within these big malls exchange their

products

very smoothly as compared to local shops.

Additionally

, these shopping centres do have a refund policy so in case you have purchased any product for your loved ones and if they don't like the product, you can ask for a refund as well which is very rarely possible in the case of local shops.

Finally

, the availability of international brands within a budget amount has only become possible due to

such

malls that sell their

products

at affordable discounted rates.

Secondly

,

Tax

collection is another advantage of these big complexes. Local vendors often sell their

products

without bill and by doing that they hide their exact income from the

government

to save their income

tax

whereas you can't purchase anything without a proper bill in these complexes. The earlier

government

was struggling with

this

For instance

,

in

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a recent survey conducted by the British ,

Government

they have noticed a 15% increase in their sales

tax

collection. To conclude,

this

is a positive development for shopkeepers and for other governing bodies.

Also

,in my opinion,

this

has many advantages for us as consumers and as citizens of our country as well.