The reading passage contends that megastore have positively affect on both consumers and local economy. On the other hand, the lecturer brings up several points that contradict this argument.
First, the speaker argues that megastores do not allow consumers to save amounts of money. This is because, although in megastore, some products are sold at a low price, other goods are more expensive than other small shops thus consumers cannot help but spending more money on megastore. This casts doubt on the reading, which states that consumers can purchase product at much cheaper price in megastores than in smaller shops
Second, according to the lecturer, giant stores are not convenient. This is due to the fact that, when people want to purchase unusual items, megastores are not able to offer these items. They can provide consumers with only uniformed items. In addition people had a hard time buying unique items in small shops because giant stores compelled them to close, thus many small stores cannot open the store. This refutes the reading passage’s assertion that megastores allow people to get various kinds of product easily in one place. Therefore, consumers do not have to worry about spending lots of energy and time
The final point made by the lecturer is that megastores negatively affect local economy.
This is because, most jobs’ pay offered by megastore is very low, thus people do not try to apply for them. Instead, megastores offer part time jobs for teenagers because they do not want people to make labor union. This rebuffs the reading passage’s argument that megastores can be useful for development of local economy in many ways like creating job , offering chances for local people to recruit and train |