The line graph reveals the information in numbers, how many 
shops
 were closed and opened over 7 years.  
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Overall
, it is noticeable that at the beginning of the given Linking Words
period
, the number of closures was lower than opening stores. Despite Use synonyms
this
, Linking Words
at the end
 of the Linking Words
period
 of closures Use synonyms
shops
 remained dominant. 
  In 2011, just under 9000 Use synonyms
shops
 opened, but Use synonyms
this
 figure sharply dropped to 4000, experiencing a significant downward trend until 2012. After increasing steadily, the number of opening stores started to decline considerably until 2018, till 3000. 
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Initially
, the figure remained considerably more than 6000 of closures stores, afterwards there was a fluctuation over 4-years, followed by a steep plunge until 2015 (slightly under 1000). Linking Words
By contrast
, the amount of these Linking Words
shops
 witnessed the sharpest changes reaching above 5000 in 2016. Another prominent feature of the data is that until the end of the Use synonyms
period
, there was a Use synonyms
period
 of stability.Use synonyms