"Small mom-and-pop stores have borne the brunt of it. They're getting attacked on all sides, by supermarkets, convenience store chains and now superstores," says Chien Yuan-lin of the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning at National Taiwan University.
「小市鎮的阿公阿媽店首當其衝，被超市、便利商店、量販店左右夾擊，」台灣大學城鄉研究所教授林建元說。