Many small, local shops are closing as they are unable to compete with large supermarkets in the area. How does this affect local communities? How could this situation be improved?

There is no doubt in saying that large shopping centres have somehow overtaken the business of small, local shops in their respective local

markets

. Not only local communities are being negatively affected due inefficiency of the local market to stay in competition with major shopping centres but it is

disadvantageous

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also disadvantageous

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for the income generation of vendors involved in

this

business.

According to

my perception, for the benefit of local shops and ,communities it is essential to

improvise

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improve

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the quality of goods, and other items which are being sold by the local vendors to engage customer retention. It is quite obvious that the shutdown of the local and small department stores has created quite a hassle for localities, as just to buy daily necessities like dairy products, fruits and vegetables or bakery items one has to go to a supermarket which is usually not in the nearby vicinity of the locality.

Also

,

such

items are usually perishable in nature

due to

expiry dates so can not be stored as well. At the same ,time local outlets are most often owned by people living in a particular area and emerging large flea

markets

are highly affecting the livelihood of

such

shop owners.

For example

, supermarket chains like Reliance

fresh

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Fresh

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or Big

bazaar

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Bazaar

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are taking away the customer base of neighbourhood stores and certainly creating a huge loss for their business.

Thus

, society and local businesses both are affected negatively. I believe,

sustaining

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that sustaining

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the local

markets

needs to be supported by the government authorities by initiating the policy of subsidizing the basic daily use commodities. Of course, imposing

such

measures will assuredly discourage bigger mart from having a monopoly by using their own price tags and discounts.

This

is going to provide a lucrative opportunity for local vendors to be in the trade and expand the customer base simultaneously.

Thus

, chances of elimination of small shops by large

markets

will be a less likely situation to face.

To conclude

,

although

the growing popularity of shopping centre cannot be denied

due to

the distinctive features that it provides ,

however

, the local outlet is still essential for society.