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.

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.
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The graph illustrates the amount of shops that went out of service and the count of new shops that opened in one county between 2011 and 2018.
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, at the start, the number of openings outnumbered the closures.
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, quite the opposite happened in the year 2018, with closures having a higher count than launches. As shown on the graph, the number of shops that started business stood at slightly more than 8500 in 2011, a year later it witnessed a dramatic drop to around 3900 before reaching 6100 in 2014. The figures for openings remained unchanged between 2015 and 2016. It reached its lowest point in 2018 which was 3000. The number of closures started fluctuating from 2011 to 2014. It experienced a considerably high fall from 6500 to around 600 in 2015 and
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had a drastic rise to 5100 in 2016
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fluctuating slightly for the rest of the years.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • trend
  • fluctuation
  • peak
  • decline
  • surge
  • stabilize
  • correlation
  • economic conditions
  • consumer behavior
  • technological advancements
  • urban development
  • employment
  • retail sector
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