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.
Given is a graph concerning closed and opened
shops
. It provides a comparison of opened and closed
shops
in a particular nation during a seven-year period from 2011 to 2018. It is interesting to note that
while
the number of opened
shops
was at a peak of 8500 stores in 2011, after merely one year it halved, reaching less than 4000
shops
in 2012. After that, it experienced some fluctuations, prior to plunging exponentially to a minimum of 3000 markets in 2018. With regard to the closed ones,
although
it was 6400
shops
in 2011, it reached a peak at more than 7000 in 2013 before sliding away to a low of just 500 stores in 2015. After merely a year the closed
shops
increased and again surpassed the opened ones at more than 5000
shops
in 2018
To sum up
, the number of closed
shops
was lower than opened ones at the beginning of the study era, meanwhile, it far outnumbered the number of opened
shops
at the end
of the study era.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words shops with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 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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