You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Countries are becoming more and more similar because people are able to buy the same products anywhere in the world. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

These days, some people say that shopping in different countries

are

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is

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becoming more similar when there

is

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are

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less

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different

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differences

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in

products

around the world. Some people think

this

cause

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negative effects,

while

the

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others do not agree with that opinion. I believe

this

is

such

a bad development, and in

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essay, I will talk about my opinion and provide my own

evidences

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. First of all, I think that modern

malls

around the world are replacing the traditional markets. To compare, a market

often

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bigger than a mall, which

take

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takes

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more time to

shopping

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shop

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around and

make

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makes

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it less convenient than

malls

.

This

lead

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leads

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to the fact that youngsters prefer the

malls

because it help them save their time.

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situation caused

the

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decrease in

number

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of local stores and conventional markets, which

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the main

source

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sources

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that provide local

products

and improve the variety of choices for customers.

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, in my city, the old Bien Hoa market

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is

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having a decrease in

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the numbers

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numbers

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number

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of sellers, because of the

dominant

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dominance

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of new

malls

.

Secondly

, the poor variety of

products

means local supplies are being underrated

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imported resources. Just imagine that you have your own garden that

produce

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every kind of

vegetables

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vegetable

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that you need for your daily needs, but you still decide to buy that same kind of vegetable from an outside store, which is probably a waste of time and money.

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,

according to

a

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research on 5,000 people from Ho Chi Minh

city

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City

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, 76% of them say that they prefer imported foods and appliances because they believe

foreigners

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foreign

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products

have higher quality.

To conclude

, my opinion is customers

can

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buying the same

products

worldwide is an unpositive change, because it

lower

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lowers

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the profit of conventional local stores and supplies.