In recent years, many small shop have closed because customer travel to large shopping malls. is this a positive or negative development.

Nowadays people prefer to buy in larger
shops
than in small
stores
, so a lot of small
bussineses
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businesses
have been closed recently. Both larger and smaller
shops
have pros and cons. Larger malls usually have more
shops
with different types of products, but
also
more different brands and better prices sometimes
while
small
shops
usually can not offer
variety
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a variety
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of different brands and
that
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good prices.
Also
, malls can offer some
entertaiment
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entertainment
activities eg playrooms for kids, so it is very suitable for busy parents.
On the other hand
, large
stores
are very often distanced from residential areas, so people have to travel longer to get there,
also
since they have plenty to offer it is harder to make a choice, so customers spend more time and money in there.
However
, small
stores
are usually owned by local people, so
supporting
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them we are supporting
local
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economy,
instead
large commercial chains. Closing that kind of
bussines
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business
can affect
local
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the local
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community, so I think
this
is
negative
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a negative
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development. In conclusion, both types of
stores
have good and bad sides, but
small scale
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bussinesses
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businesses
are important for local communities, so closing
those kind
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of
stores
is
negative
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a negative
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development.
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