Online shopping is now replacing shopping in the store. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?

In the present day, the development of online shopping has resulted in an issue that 1the market share of physical stores has declined substantiallythe volume of market of offline stores has been grabbed a lot. Opinions about this phenomenon are divided between those who argue that online shopping has more positive impacts on individuals and society and those who maintain opposite views. From my perspective, I contend firmly in favour of the former view.

To begin with, the former point is grounded in practical and reasonable considerations. One of the strongest arguments in its favour is that online shopping brings customers huge conveniences. This can be proved 2clearlymagnificantly since which products they can buy in the offline store are determined by 3what is for salewhich are sailing, but online shopping has changed it to a new situation that it enables customers to buy everything they need and want, even global products, thereby strengthening the case for this position. 4A further consideration that online shopping also promotes commercial business and employment. The logic underpinning this point is that it is extremely difficult for farmers to 5sell their agricultural producesail their farming products due to limited marketing in rural areas. However, online shopping has bridged this gap and helped farmers promote their products to wide areas, even other countries, which has also improved national business through exporting. According to the statistics, the number of online shopping profits in China in 2025 6increased by over 35% compared to 2024increased over 35% than 2024, and 7the number of people employed increased by over two millionpromoted employees rose over 2 million residents. It is only by considering these two factors together that we can fully appreciate the strength of this standpoint.

Compelling though this position may be, the opposing view also has its reasons. One potential negative impact is that online shopping has led to 8devastating consequences for brick-and-mortar shopsdevastations for offline stores. A growing number of stores have to be closed or sold since their incomes no longer cover their costs anymore. 9A concern that arises from the fact that online stores do not need to pay for high rent expenses and 10clerks' salariesclerks salaries. Apart from the offline stores, this situation also brings negative effects to both customers and 11sellerssailors. For example. The explanation for this lies in the fact that online shopping often offers services to customers 12allowing them to return items for freethat returning products back for free, which has resulted in the issue that some customers decide to buy some products 13even if they did noteven they did not really want or need them, because they can 14return themreturn them back without any payments. Besides, it is also inconvenient for customers when they go shopping online. Since individuals cannot see the real products or 15try them onfit it by themselves when they go shopping online, the products can be totally different from the pictures. 16According to a recent surveyFrom a truly survey, 17over 60% of customers have had similar experiencesover 60% customers have the similar experiences. By contrast, even though there are some negative issues about online shopping, the positive impacts are more crucial than these challenges, and we still have many methods to resolve the negative problems through 18policy and regulationpolitics and regulations.

In conclusion, although this issue remains a matter of debate, the position that online shopping has brought more positive development stands out as the reasonable and crucial one.