Online shopping is replacing offline or shopping from stores. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?

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It is true that the
last
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100 years have been a rapid and dramatic development in many areas including technology. With the advancement in technology online shopping sites,
for instance
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, Amazon is getting more popular these days. I opine that it is a positive development that has manifold benefits that can be explained in upcoming paragraphs.
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and foremost, e-commerce websites offer varieties of consumer products, goods or foods at one place without visiting physical
shops
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. For an earlier generation, buying food or product involves visiting individual
shops
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each with a limited range of offers. Customers had less money and credit cards weren't widely used.
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, one cannot find electronic items in
a book
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book stores
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stores
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and vice versa. They have to visit individual
stores
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.
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, e-commerce helps people to get their desired items with an unlimited range of products without visiting
shops
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or
stores
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. Just in the same way, shopping from online
stores
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saves time and provide a better shopping experience. Nowadays people are very busy with their own work and not everyone has the spare time to visit
stores
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and
shops
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. Online shopping saves time
of
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customers.
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, there is no sales representative to pressurize the customers for buying products out of their interest and
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a satisfying experience. In conclusion,
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online shopping has made life a lot easier, despite
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, I think it is still better to shop physically as you will get to see, feel, make your choice and
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get the value for your money.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • landscape of retail
  • digital purchasing platforms
  • enhanced accessibility
  • mobility issues
  • competitive prices
  • brick-and-mortar stores
  • vibrant local economies
  • packaging waste
  • carbon footprint
  • social cohesion
  • community engagement
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