Compare and Contrast Essay Between Sundry Shops Ans Hypermarket
The 'Giants'
Written by Klik4Malaysia-1 Friday, 26 February 2010 12:21 - Last Updated Wednesday, 10 March 2010 12:53
Many of us have fond memories of walking to a sundry shop for a packet of sweets. Our parents, especially our mothers swears by a sundry shop whenever they need last minute items like butter or sugar or even canned sardines. Even in times of emergency, sundry shops has always been the problem solver for a packet of grated coconut for cooking or even drinks to be served to last minute visitors. It was and perhaps still is a standard feature of our residential landscape. It goes by many names; mom-and-pop shops, grocery shops, and provision shops all well known by the many of us thus giving it a streak of popularity. But not for long as the level of affluence and the degree of industrialisation and urbanisation has been the core agent of change in consumer behaviour - spelling out new modes and dramatic alteration in the retailing industry. The emergence and competition from wholesale outlets and hypermarkets has set a decline to the popularity once vastly enjoyed by these little shops in the neighbourhood. Coupled with supermarkets, consumers have a myriad of choice to choose from allowing the infiltration of the ‘cult' to seep into them. Other attributes to which needs a worthy mention are escalating cost of living and the dire need to stretch every single buck - an answer given in the form of lower-priced consumer goods in reasonable bulks by supermarkets and hypermarkets.
Succumbing to the invasion, several sundry shops have since shut their doors, packed their belongings and moved elsewhere to a place where the grass is hopefully greener. Typical choice would be a little further outskirt of town, well away from the mushrooming supermarket and hypermarket catchments. Tesco, Carrefour and the local hero Giant is the new mantra which many suspect, will be perpetuated.
The Shift It all started with a Dutch-German chain of cash and carry,
Written by Klik4Malaysia-1 Friday, 26 February 2010 12:21 - Last Updated Wednesday, 10 March 2010 12:53
Many of us have fond memories of walking to a sundry shop for a packet of sweets. Our parents, especially our mothers swears by a sundry shop whenever they need last minute items like butter or sugar or even canned sardines. Even in times of emergency, sundry shops has always been the problem solver for a packet of grated coconut for cooking or even drinks to be served to last minute visitors. It was and perhaps still is a standard feature of our residential landscape. It goes by many names; mom-and-pop shops, grocery shops, and provision shops all well known by the many of us thus giving it a streak of popularity. But not for long as the level of affluence and the degree of industrialisation and urbanisation has been the core agent of change in consumer behaviour - spelling out new modes and dramatic alteration in the retailing industry. The emergence and competition from wholesale outlets and hypermarkets has set a decline to the popularity once vastly enjoyed by these little shops in the neighbourhood. Coupled with supermarkets, consumers have a myriad of choice to choose from allowing the infiltration of the ‘cult' to seep into them. Other attributes to which needs a worthy mention are escalating cost of living and the dire need to stretch every single buck - an answer given in the form of lower-priced consumer goods in reasonable bulks by supermarkets and hypermarkets.
Succumbing to the invasion, several sundry shops have since shut their doors, packed their belongings and moved elsewhere to a place where the grass is hopefully greener. Typical choice would be a little further outskirt of town, well away from the mushrooming supermarket and hypermarket catchments. Tesco, Carrefour and the local hero Giant is the new mantra which many suspect, will be perpetuated.
The Shift It all started with a Dutch-German chain of cash and carry,