E-magzine: Compare & Contrast

Compare and Contrast: How are traditional market and super market different and similar?

Tradition markets are very different from super markets in many ways. Firstly, the merchandise of traditional market is much fresher than the freezing food of super market. For example, the pork seller might draw his merchandise from the pig killer on that day and sold it out on the same day. Secondly, speaking of the price of merchandise, buying things in traditional market would cost you more than in super market. The reason is most sellers in traditional are just retailers. They won’t wholesale too much in case the merchandise cannot be sold out on the same day. Compared to the traditional market, the super market wholesales a lot and the wholesale price that super markets get must be much cheaper than the traditional. So, the price of merchandise in super market can be cheaper. However, although the price of merchandise in the traditional markets is much more expensive, it’s also more flexible. Customers can bargain with the sellers to get a satisfactory price in the traditional market, but they cannot do the same things in the supermarket. The price of merchandise in the supermarket is fixed. Thirdly, customers can buy many kinds of things at the same time in one super market, but they have to go to different stalls to buy pork, vegetables, and so on in the traditional market. Fourthly, if the customer needs only a small amount of merchandise, going the traditional market would be a best choice. The reason is that customer cannot buy a small amount in the super market. Fifthly, customer service that the traditional markets provide is better and more humane. The sellers in the supermarket would try to offer services to meet customers’ needs such as recipe, suggestions, chat, care, and gifts. However, the clerks in the supermarket may not offer the same services to customers. They won’ chat with you, give you discount, or give you anything as the present while you buy a lot. The interaction between clerks and customers are passive and less. Sixthly, the open hours of the traditional market are from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. When they have to work, they might have no time to go to the traditional market. If they don’t have to work on weekends and plan to buy things in the traditional market, they have to get up early. However, the open hours of super market is much more available for the young people who have jobs. They can go to supermarket after job in week days, and they can go to super market in the afternoon if they get up late in the weekend. Seventhly, the packing of merchandise in the supermarket is more elegant and attracting. Eighthly, another reason that people choose to go to supermarket is clean and comfortable consuming environment. They don’t’ have to worry about the weather, bad smell, or messy ground. In the end, customers can bring little money and pay via a credit card in the super market.