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

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In recent years, the growth of large shopping
malls
 is uncontrollable. In Jakarta itself, there are approximately 150
plazas
 and even there are 10
plazas
 in only one district.
That is
 a big number of large shopping
plazas
. But why has department store development become uncontrollable? One of the reasons is the high demand for department stores itself. People come to
plazas
 for recreation, especially in Jakarta. Shopping
malls
 in Jakarta offer many things, for, example luxury boutiques, amusement stores, restaurants, parks, events, etc.
This
 phenomenon has caused many small local shops have closed.
Firstly
, there are some positive sides to the implication of
this
 phenomenon. It shows that consumers have higher purchasing power parity.
In other words
, the shopping capacity of our community is increasing. It proved by people can buy the higher quality things that are followed by higher prices too and it can be found in large shopping centres.
For instance
, mall developers get higher
income
 and
also
 governments will get more taxes. Shopping
malls
 can
also
 open big job opportunities for the local community around them.
On the other hand
, there are some negative sides that occur
due to
 these events. Small shops, that are composed mainly of medium-low
income
 families, will get less
income
 than before. These families can become poor families and because of that, the government will get more burden to subsidize them. Poor communities can
also
 increase criminality in society, as they are hopeless to get a decent
income
.
To conclude
this
 discussion, the increase in consumer visits to large
malls
 has its own positive and negative sides. One of the solutions to these problems is to give small shops a permit to open stalls in large
malls
, but they don't accept small stands. A win-win solution for increasing the earnings of small outlets and large shopping centres is to make a bazaar in the shopping centre area.
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