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

Nowadays, most of the small local

vendors

are getting shut as people prefer going to big supermarkets or

malls

for their shopping.

This

is turning out to be a negative development for local shop owners.

This

essay will discuss a few negative impacts on small scale

vendors

due to

this

shift.

Firstly

, to buy or to rent a space in the shopping mall one has to shell out hefty rent.

However

, local businessman most of the time cannot afford to pay

such

expensive rentals. Eventually, out of no other ,

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they end up shutting down their business.

For example

, as most of the population prefers shopping for clothes from

malls

, the number of local garment stores have reduced drastically.

Secondly

, many authentic local

items

are not getting enough attention inside the shopping mart or

malls

as the major focus has been given to branded

items

.

Although

, some

items

are locally produced has better quality, they do not make it to the final shelf in the

malls

.

For instance

, in most grocery stores, locally produced food

items

are kept only in one rack but other racks are filled with all the branded ones.

Therefore

,

this

development is not only making losses for local

vendors

but

also

the importance of it is getting lost in the process. In conclusion, small scale local shop owners are not making enough profits that they can sustain the rentals in the supermarkets and the authenticity of local

items

are getting lost.

Therefore

, the government should introduce some amends to help and boost these

vendors

to stay strong in the competition.

This

will not only help them but everyone will be able to cherish their local values and traditions ahead.