The line graph shows the number of shop closures and openings in a country from 2011 to 2018.
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closures and openings remained the same in the 1-year period, the closures saw mixed success.
On the first hand, starting at 8500 in 2011, the number of opened shops decreased significantly to 4000 in 2012. After the figure gradually rose to 6100 in 2014, Linking Words
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declined to 4000 in 2015. Linking Words
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figure slightly rose to 4100 in 2017, before levelling off. Linking Words
Finally
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was finished at 3000 in 2018.
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By contrast
, the number of closed shops started at 6500 in 2011, a figure that Linking Words
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dropped slightly to 6000 in 2012. Linking Words
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increased noticeably in 2013, reaching 7100 , but Linking Words
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was followed by a fall to 6600 in 2014. Despite falling considerably from 6600 to 700 in 2015, Linking Words
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climbed significantly to 5100 in 2016. Linking Words
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to 5000, after which it finished at 5100 in 2018.Linking Words