Large shopping malls are replacing small shops. What is your opinion about this? Discuss with appropriate examples.

These days, every city contains numerous shopping malls where diversity of sophisticated items is available to attract consumers’ attraction; on the flip side, we can see deterioration in small shops and carts because of decreased number of buyers. In my opinion, it is a negative drift which should be tackled soon with slew of measures.

Large malls often sell items on exorbitant prices as compared to small shops, however the quality of product is same or relatively poor but the glamour of the item is amplified by decorated packaging in malls which small scale industries can’t afford. Therefore, people often feel themselves of impeccable standards to buy goods from malls rather than small shops or carts.

Decrease in financial condition of locals is also due to this trend because local farmers and craftsmen cannot earn appropriately due to decreased sale, on the other hand foreign brands and imported items are gaining large profit and country’s economic state is declining. This always widens the gap between wealthy and less well off because malls are often owned by affluent people.


In brief, small shops are crucial to flourish living standards of common inhabitants and these should not be replaced by malls. Government should implement policies stating a particular number of malls per city or population.

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