In recent years,many Small local shops have closed because customers travel to large shopping centers or malls to do their shopping. Is this a positive or negative development?

In today's era, for shopping, consumers prefer to visit big shopping malls owing to the number of domestic vendor shops being shut down. In my opinion, it is a negative development. I will articulate the negative effects with a plausible explanation.

To begin

with, domestic shopkeepers will run out of

business

as people are moving to the large shopping complexes.

For example

, In India most individuals are moving to big shopping stores

such

as Big Bazaar, Reliance and many more for groceries shopping which results in many local small groceries store are going to be closed as they do not have enough customers to sell and

this

leads to another destructive effect

that is

the local

business

owner will turn to these international chains which could have severe repercussions on the internal market.

Additionally

,

this

situation will lead to long-term consequences

such

as unemployment and poverty among the population.

Firstly

, a lot of smallholders will lose their revenue from their stores which could afflict many families and make them lie below the poverty line.

Secondly

, shut down of these local shops will lead to thousands of unemployed citizens which creates an additional challenge for the government.

To conclude

, preserving a small

business

which includes groceries and local markets is very essential for internal

business

. I believe authorities should regulate global markets and diminish their powerful impact on the local economy.