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.

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.
The bar chart presents a data comparison between closed and new stores in some
country
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. In general, the numerous of place
markets
that end their business is higher than the
number
of new business
markets
, except in the year of 2011 and during period 2014 until the end of 2015. 13 years ago, there were many entrepreneurs had started to open their business in the country. It is represented from the graph which showed 8.500 new shops had opened in 2011.
However
, the attractiveness of market shares did not
last
long and dropped dramatically to 4.000 openings in the following year. During the year of 2012 until 2014, the
number
of new
markets
had been slightly rising to 6.000 openings and declined again in 2015 to the same
number
of new
markets
in 2012. The amount of new shops had been
experiencing
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stagnant until 2017 and dropped to its lowest point accounting for 3.000 shops in 2018. In 2011, the
number
of closed unit businesses was not as many as the new ones, represented for 6.500 closed stores in 2011. It was marginally decreased in 2012 for account 500 stores and had been inclining to 7.000 closures. It dropped insignificantly in 2014 but
than
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then
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continued to decrease to the lowest point represented
for
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by
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only below 1000 closures in 2015.
However
, it
was
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strikingly
jump
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jumped
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again to more than 5000 closures in 2016 and had been experiencing
level
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a level
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off to 2018.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words markets, number with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "represented" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.

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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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