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. Write at least 150words.

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. Write at least 150words.
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The line graph compares the number of openings and closures of
shops
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, in an unknown country, between 2011 and 2018.
Overall
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, the numbers of both opened and closed
shops
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declined over a seven-year period.
However
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,
at the end
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of the period, more
shops
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were closed than the
figure
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for
opened
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ones, which was the opposite at the starting point. In 2011, the
figure
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for opened ventures was at
the
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its
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peak, at about 8500, which 2000
shops
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higher than that of closing of
shops
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.
However
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, in the following year, the
figure
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for closures fell by over half from its initial value,
although
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it climbed up to 6000, in the next two years. When considering the number of
shops
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that shut down, the
figure
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fluctuated within the range of 6000 and 7000 up until 2014. In 2015, only about 500
shops
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closed;
however
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,
this
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number was tenfold in 2016. In the next two years, about 5000
shops
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closed annually. Approximately 4000
shops
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were newly opened in 2015, and the
figure
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stayed constant until 2017, and eventually dropped to 3000, in the year 2018.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words shops, figure with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 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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