The graph 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 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 illustrates how many
stores
were pulled down and opened in a nation from 2011 to 2018.
Overall
, the new opening
stores
and the pulling down
stores
had experienced a decrease over a period of 7 years, and closures sharply fell in 2015. In regards to new
stores
, the
number
of them was 8.500 in 2011 and declined by more than one to two in 2012.
However
, the quantity grew gradually from 2012 to 2014. After 2014, their
number
started to decrease by 2000 in 2015 and remained steady until 2017. New shops were opened in 2018, with a
number
of one-third in 2011. The
number
of closing
stores
was about 6.400 in the year
of
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2011 and fell to just under 6000 after a year.
Although
closures slightly surged from 2012 to 2013, they hit the lowest amount in 2015 to almost 500. After 2015, the numbers dramatically rose
up
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to just above 5000 and flattened out until 2018.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words stores, number with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fell" 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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