Our weekly visit to the wholesale vegetable market, roughly equivalent to a bazaar has taught me a few things and set me thinking a few times. On this weekends visit, I was thinking about the two or four odd vendors that we usually buy from. Since I am a regular customer, I get good quality vegetables, good pricing and even tips like, well, today tomatoes are of a very good quality. Does the arrival of malls and reward points and membership cards spell the end of the trading community in one way of another?
I am not a great fan of crowds (and thats an understatement) and I dont mind shopping in a comfortable place (well!), but having said that, there is an element of personalization in purchasing stuff from, well, a human, and not from a shelf in an impersonal way. Surely, bazaars can be cleaned up and organized better and they would give the best malls a run of their money (if they get their supply chain without middlemen in place).
The personal touch makes such a big difference in a lot of things, and on a similar note, as malls and online shopping picks up, are we slowly losing the, real, human, touch? Do we need it or do we not?
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Malls and community
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Well i guess it depends...are you willing to compromise the personal touch for a lower price for your daily groceries....i think the mall/mass stores will probably offer a lower price point because they are able to get economies of scale...?
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