Consumers are starting to realize that the products they buy on the Internet are just as good as those in the shopping malls.

消费者已开始认识到他们在网上购买的产品与他们在商品大卖场中买到的一样好。

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It didn't help that the most widespread use of VRML appeared to be virtual shopping malls, which combined the risk of Internet purchasing with nearly all the inconvenience of visiting a real mall.

VRML 最广泛的用途就是虚拟购物中心，这并没有太多用处；因为这除了依然具有访问真正超市的所有不便之处，还引入了互联网购物的风险。

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Agri-businesses have replaced small farms, and shopping malls an hour away (not to mention Wal-Mart and the internet) have undercut local shops.

农业企业代替了小型农场，一小时车程远的购物中心用低价打压本地商店（更不用提沃尔玛和英特网了）。

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That could put them at risk of obsolescence, similar to the way dot-com era Internet Malls were quickly leapfrogged by eBay and Amazon.com.

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The expediency of bulk-leasing negotiations may explain why, despite the theory of a few years ago that the Internet would turn malls into dustbins, mall REITs in general have scored higher total returns (stock appreciation plus dividends) than other kinds of property trusts.

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Meanwhile, the less affluent are doing more to feed the goddesses of the shopping malls and Internet servers than their wealthier counterpart.

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