Nowadays, shops have extended opening hours almost every day of the week in many countries. Is it a positive development or negative development for shoppers and local communities?

Nowadays, a lot of news shops are mushrooming on a daily basis. As

such

, competition among existing businesses proliferated, and many have started to have longer working

hours

in order to win

this

race. Some people believe that it is a positive development, while others oppose

this

. Personally, I feel that

this

development has not only helped the businesses to flourish but

also

has aided both

customer

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and employees. The most important benefit

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this

phenomenon is that more job opportunities are created. Indeed, for a shop to run for longer

hours

, they need additional resources

such

as workers and power to effectively operate. A hypermarket outlet,

such

as Lulu, runs

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at least

atleast

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at least

two shifts in a day, and so they need to hire

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additional

additonal

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additional

employees for the

second

shift

such

as ground staff, supervisors etc. So,

this

will gradually reduce the unemployment rate which would in turn help

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the country's economic growth. The more the number of stores with longer working

hours

, the faster the economic growth. In terms of business,by the same token,

this

strategy would generate more profit for the company owners and their suppliers. Having increased opening

hours

, the stores' inflow of customers would increase which means more products would be sold, and

thus

more income. At the same time, individuals are

also

happy as they can shop at their

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convenience

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convenience

. If shops are open only for a limited time, customers would have to either do their shopping on weekends or have to rush from work during the day to finish

this

task;

however

, with

this

facility, they can do

this

in their comfort. In conclusion, more and more

shores

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will adopt

this

trend in the future. In my opinion, prolonged working

hours

would assist in the overall development of the economy,

although

it would result in

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of certain resources

such

as electricity and water.