It is wrong to say that modern retail will kil traditional trade. It will affect the bigger shops in tradititonal trade. The smaller / convenient shops will be unaffceted. Also most of the bigger traditional shops are cheats
1. Their turnovers run into several lakhs or even crores. But they don't pay any taxes or pay very minimal tax. They don't accept credit / debit cards because they want to hide their true turnover. They give slips of paper instead proper bills.
2. All this talk of employment loss is humbug. Show me one traditional shop that pays decent salary to its employees, gives them decent working times or conditions. They don't even pay minimum wages or employ child labour.
3. Most of them encroach on public space like footpaths. Or they are tenants paying a pittance to the landlord and harassing him.
Only people benfitting are the shop proprietors. These shopkeepers live a very comfortable and luxurious lives.
If these shops die because of modern retail, soceity should welcome that. They should be happy that disease is being cured.
My sincere request to all consumers who purchase from traditional trade
1. Please insist on a proper bill for your purchases
2. Make your payment in credit card / debit card. This will force them account the turnover.
