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The growth of online shopping will one day lead to all shops in towns and cities closing. Do you agree or disagree?

#growth #shops #towns #cities
Nowadays, surfing through various websites to find items that
people
 want to buy is the most common and convenient way to make a purchase. But that does not mean that it will result in the closure of in-person stores completely. It is mainly because
people
 still prefer the things they see and do not want to wait to get those things. Among other reasons, the first one is that many buyers do not trust the items they see online. With too much competition in the e-commerce market, everything is available easily and cheaply, but the promised quality is never guaranteed.
For instance
,
while
 ordering clothes from the internet,
people
 often get the wrong sizes, and the desired quality of wearables is compromised.
Similarly
, when making expensive purchases
such
 as furniture or automobiles,
people
 want to see and try before spending loads of money on something. Another reason is the wait times. In today’s world, everyone is competing to fulfil deliveries as fast as possible, but it is natural that many times vendors face problems causing delays. It is more common on the days of big sales like Christmas, Black Friday, and Easter. In that case,
people
 prefer to go and take the items they like before the stocks or sales run out. It is almost impossible to deny the need for on-ground shopping centres just because the e-commerce industry is blooming. In conclusion, I completely disagree with the statement that brick-and-mortar businesses are going away in the future. The fact that
people
 want things they know are right for them and want them fast is going to stay the same for generations to come and so is the need for on-ground stores.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • e-commerce
  • brick-and-mortar
  • physical stores
  • online retailers
  • retail apocalypse
  • digital economy
  • consumer behavior
  • sustainability
  • commercial landscape
  • high-street
  • consumer trends
  • augmented reality
  • showrooms
  • carbon footprint
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