Micro-economy?

A newly established branch of a big super-market is always affecting local shops and changing traditional community anywhere even in its original country. Expanding the bussiness apparently may have to be balanced against the public policy.

During the trip to my home town this month, I've taken a couple of pictures and posted here to share them with you.

These local shops which have been right there, in the heart of the city, since I was a child (imagin, how old they are!) still put the posters up in front of their shops along the main street.

The first one says "please stop branching or we are in trouble."

 

The representative is always being called for "help" as said in the second.

 

 

[ganeshnoi07]

อยากครับ ที่จะหยุดห้างสรรพสินค้า ต่างชาติ เพราะกลายเป็นค่านิยมของคนไทยไปแล้ว

ที่นิยมไปซื้อของห้าง ที่จะมีการโฆษณาว่้าสินค้าราคาถูกแต่จริงๆแล้ว ราึาแพงกว่าตามท้องตลาด

[พันคำ]

ขอบคุณครับ อาจารย์

เห็นด้วยอย่างยิ่งครับ ว่าเป็นภาพลวง จริงๆบางอย่างมีราคาแพงโดยที่ผู้ซื้อนึกว่าถูก ที่สำคัญในระบบตลาดดั้งเดิม ประกอบด้วยผู้ซื้อผู้ขายจำนวนมาก (หลายครอบครัว) มารวมเป็นตลาด สินค้าสดและต่อรองได้

จึงชัดเจนว่า ต้องปรับตัวของตลาดให้ทันสมัย (modernized but not essentially westernized) และต้องมีนโยบายสาธารณะที่ดี ทั้งหมดนี้ต้องพึ่งผู้นำและผู้แทนราษฎร

[Tony]

What would that town be without the super-market? Current employees would lost their jobs, whereas the local shops could have increased sales. As usual, we have to select which side to support.

[พันคำ]

Thank you Dr. Montree for your comment.

I'm very glad that this is one of the topics of public concern and needs futher discussion.

You might not know that there are many stores in different sizes (small family-owned bussinesses, franchise, mini- and medium-sized stores) on the street and the big super-markets (Lotus, Macro, etc) have been located on the outskirts of the town.

These old local shops retail goods and those big stores do a wholesale.

The situation now is that the super-market wants to invest more to compete the sales with the local shops.

There's nothing to mention about the layoff yet because this is the expanding.

Above there, we are discussing in only one respect; economy, however, we also need to discuss the change in life style and community connection as well.

Thank you once again. Please feel free to make further debate.

 

 

[พันคำ]

Let me make another point.

• Some people may fear of the unemployment.
• As far as I know, the government has introduced, promoted, and given a great support to increase the SMEs. (Producing unique, better or high quality goods or providing new or better services are preferable.)
  
• If we choose to support the huge stores, which will eventually out compete the small ones, it means that we want more people to be employees and discourage them from running their own bussiness, even they have competitive capability.