If your business thrives on ripping off and selling goods more expensive than from abroad, your business deserves to die, businesses shouldn't exist just to create fake employees, that's how fenaka works, businesses should create value, not other way around
The problem is that local shops buy shoes in bulk at a low cost, for example, $2 per pair, and sell them for $20. The profit is not just for the owner it helps pay employees' salaries, rent, electricity, and other business expenses.