It can be difficult for small local shops to compete with large supermarkets and with on-line shops. How does this affect local communities? What could be done to improve this situation?

Small local retailers are finding it hard to compete against big shop chains, which is causing negative effects on local

communities

.

This

essay will discuss

consequences

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the consequences

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as well as

provide solutions regarding

this

matter. After large

shops

as well as

online

shops

started to spread across countries offering larger selection of products for lower prices compared to small-scale

shops

, most

of

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the

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people started to prefer them over local ones.

This

change caused economic problems for many local business owners leaving them out of work.

Besides

that, often local retailers have produced traditional items or foods that helped to preserve local culture. The problem with large supermarkets is that local culture is influenced by mass cultures losing its uniqueness in the worst scenario causing changes in local

communities

. To minimize

negative

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the negative

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effects that larger

shops

are bringing to local

communities

, there are

few

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a few

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solutions.

Main

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one

being

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, offering small businesses the possibility to sell their products in large

shops

with the condition that they will get a big part of the sales.

This

way, local entrepreneurs will be secured with income and local products will be sold to consumers for possibly lower prices. Another idea is to organize different public campaigns or social events to promote local farmers and designers to raise interest and awareness of the public about the whole matter. When these methods are combined, all the counterparts will get their profits

as well

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the local community will maintain to preserve its local ingredients, handcrafts and traditions.

To conclude

, larger supermarkets are causing more economic difficulties for local businesses

as well as

negatively affecting the cultural heritage of the local

communities

that have their organic ingredients

as well as

crafts. To limit these impacts, local events should be organized and bigger

shops

should work

together with

locals selling locally produced items and foods to secure the economic income of people in the area.