The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graph compares the amount of apparel and disappeared stores in one region over a period of 7 years. It can be seen that the new supermarket and the dispersal store all declined by the given end of the period. In the beginning, the new shops were approximately 8500 in the region, when there were about 6500 openings in the country. After one year, the new sales sharply declined to just under 4000,
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the details increased and reached a peak of about 6700 until 2014. At the same time the number of opening stores decreased to 6000 and increased to the top point at around 7000
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the number of shops that were nearly opened and closed was almost the same in 2014 around 6700. By 20156, the latter number dropped to under 1000,
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plummeted in 2016. The new stores when a peak at 6700
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declined to the same details as 2012,
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the figure remain stable between 2015 and 2017, after that the figure
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the lower point at 3000 by the given the end of the year.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • retail landscape
  • net growth
  • market dynamics
  • economic indicators
  • fluctuations
  • pivotal
  • consumption patterns
  • e-commerce
  • brick-and-mortar
  • downward/upward trend
  • stabilize
  • recession
  • boom
  • retail sector
  • closure rate
  • inauguration/opening rate
  • consumer market
  • saturate
  • commercial viability
  • profitability
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