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?

Nowadays, the rapid expansion of supermarkets and wholesale stores has affected negatively local communities' minimarkets and made them hard to find

due to

the rough competition.

this

caused many problems for both shop owners and residents of that community. In

this

essay, I will elaborate more on these problems and suggest some ways to solve them. Most people think about the price tag as a selling point, supermarkets and chine stores frequently provide a better price , especially with online orders that promise next-day delivery.

this

is because of the high amount requested from the suppliers and the low cost to shelf display online orders

items

. Local markets

on the other hand

can only have a small number of certain

items

in stock to save shelf space

subsequently

,

this

led to a shortage of a lot of favoured

items

in these stores pushing away the customers toward the supermarket as a more reliable source. One solution to

this

is asking the customers of the local community about their possible future needs, by providing high-demand

items

in full stock at all times

for instance

, eggs, milk, bread and canned foods as these

items

would be used up by the end of the day. Another solution is to ask local residents to invest in minimarkets

this

will encourage them to have a higher level of loyalty to their local minimarket,

this

has been implemented in some countries

such

as Kuwait. In conclusion, the competition of local shops with large supermarkets and their online ordering features and promotional prices made it hard for the mini shops to keep business,

however

sustainable supply of daily need

items

in investment in them can potentially provide loyalty to local shops.