The growth of online shopping will one day lead to all shops in towns and cities closing. Do you agree or disagree?

One day, all brick-and-mortar

stores

will close because of the growth of e-commerce. I disagree with

this

statement for two reasons: customers can get experiences in physical

stores

that they cannot get online, and many

products

require hands-on inspection before purchase. For starters, offline

stores

provide customers with experiences that are not available online.

This

is because these

stores

are more than just places to shop; they are

also

where people socialize.

For example

, at Starbucks, people meet friends and talk about their lives while enjoying their drinks. Placing a coffee bean order through an impersonal internet store ,

such

as Amazon , will never allow

this

level of satisfying social interaction.

This

means that there will always be a place for retailers who offer socialization.

Additionally

, certain

products

are better bought in person. It is true that people are now making more online purchases of items like clothing and tech gadgets since these items have little or no difference from those sold at physical

stores

.

However

, good agricultural

products

,

for example

, will always come from a local market.

This

is because, at a grocery store, a person can see, touch, and even smell the

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to ensure freshness and wholeness. Fresh fruits and vegetables ordered online,

in contrast

, may suffer bruises during shipping and are usually unreturnable, a situation that will keep the local market in operation. In conclusion, not all actual shops will be replaced by online platforms because their environments offer customers experiences and

products

more suited to in-person

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than online

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