Many high street shops have gone out of business in recent years. Why do you think this has happened? Is it a positive or negative development?

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Over the past
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the number of stores on the street
have
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seen a meaningful decrease.
This
reduction has been steep in the past two years due to
epidemic
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of Covid-19 and
obligation
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to observe certain sanitary criteria for shopping
centers
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. With the advent of the internet as a modern means of communication among
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people around the world, the discussion initiated over e-business.
This
phenomenon made the foundation for new ideas
such
as online shopping in vast domains including clothing, food,
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furniture. The spark of the disappearance of street shops was when people showed their willingness to buy their needs through the internet rather than on the street and shopping malls. The epidemic of covid-19 has
also
helped e-business owners to grow their trades and develop the e-market. In fact, governments should have imposed certain criteria and in the
worst case
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scenario
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they had to lock down the cities.
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, citizens are obliged to provide
their
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needs via e-shops. The e-commerce boom has both negative and positive impacts on people’s daily life. It goes without saying that shopping through
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e-stores brings many benefits to
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the public
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.
Firstly
, they do not need to go out and get stuck in traffic for a couple of hours. In return, they remain at home and do shopping
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a click.
Secondly
, they have access to various models and brands of a good in a virtual shop and they do not need to go shop by shop in order to find their
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merchandise.
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,
this
can cause
close
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down
many
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shops and
manufactures
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manufacturers
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and
also
unemployment of many
labors
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as well.
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