The growth of online shopping will one day lead to all shops in towns and cities closing. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons to your answer and include any relevant examples.

In
this
modern era of technology, everything is moving towards digitalization.
Similarly
, shopping has
also
changed its ways by switching products online.
However
, I disagree with the statement that increases in online shopping will eventually lead to the closing of shops in the city.
Although
there are many websites launched now which sell household essentials, clothing and other things but there are many things that
people
still prefer to buy by visiting the outlets or offline stores in order to minimize the risk of getting the wrong product.
For example
, if a person wants to buy a piece of jewellery, he will visit the outlet and figure out the quality, the design and
then
buy the genuine piece.
Hence
, in a country like India, buying jewellery or a plot that has a good monetary value is an investment so
people
rather than going online, buy it offline.
Secondly
, local vendors are easy to approach even in an emergency while online shopping is time-consuming when compared to delivery facilities.
Furthermore
, most
people
go shopping for their leisure. In the research, carried out by Oxford University, 70% of the
people
, especially females, go shopping in malls and other places just for refreshment. They not only consider it as a fun activity but
also
it is a stress buster for them.
Hence
, offline stores will never lose their importance. To conclude, I strongly believe that there hasn’t been a fear of risk in online shopping, it would have flourished more and gained
people
trust even when buying valuable products. But due to
this
,
people
will always like to explore the new products in the markets by going out of their homes.
Therefore
, online shops will not affect the shops in cities and towns much.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • e-commerce
  • brick-and-mortar
  • physical stores
  • online retailers
  • retail apocalypse
  • digital economy
  • consumer behavior
  • sustainability
  • commercial landscape
  • high-street
  • consumer trends
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  • showrooms
  • carbon footprint
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