Nowadays people prefer to shop in large supermarkets rather than nearby local shops. Why do you think this is happening? Is this a positive or a negative trend?

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supermarkets

in comparison with small local

shops

become common in

this

era. The reason behind

this

tendency is less price and variety of products available in the

supermarket

.

Although

I accept that there are some drawbacks to

this

phenomenon, I believe it is a constructive approach. In my view, there are two disadvantages of buying from the

supermarket

,and the prominent one is an inconvenience for certain

people

.

This

is because

people

with some physical disabilities are unable to drive to the

supermarket

.

Hence

, they choose to buy from the nearby

shops

. To illustrate, wheelchair

people

like to shop from the local

shops

in order to have an easy access to the products they require.

Apart from

this

, multiple brands of one particular product available in the big shopping centres make

people

confused . When

people

want to have one item, they have several brands in front of their eyes claiming the best quality, and many more factors.

Therefore

, they are not able to make quick decisions which

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time-consuming. Despite the demerits mentioned above, I would argue that the merits of shopping in the

supermarket

are outweighed by the demerits.

Firstly

,

supermarkets

have an opportunity to buy various good products at once from the same place.

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of Waikato in New Zealand, have found that 80% of the

people

buy from

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supermarkets

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and only 20% buy only from small

shops

.

Secondly

, several

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manufacture manufacturing

companies are promoting their new items at

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cost to allure customers.

This

is

due to

the fact that

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famous brands sell their items with some other promotional options to continue their sales.

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it seems to me that the potential benefits of buying from

supermarkets

are more evident than the possible drawbacks

due to

certain facts.

As a result

, it is definitely a constructive approach.