The line graph illustrates the number of shops that closed and those that opened in a country between 2011 and 2018.
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, the rates of both newly opened and closed stores had fluctuated over the period. Linking Words
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, at the beginning of the given era, the number of newer businesses surpassed the ones that ended their operations, but in 2018, Linking Words
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situation was reversed.
In 2011, there were approximately 8.500 novel retail outlets, but in the next year, Linking Words
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value diminished substantially to roughly 4.000, afterwards, the number of newly established shops fluctuated until it stood at 3.000 in 2018, which was considerably less than the figure of inactive stores in that year.
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On the other hand
, the aggregate of businesses that stopped operating was marginally above 7.000 in 2011. Linking Words
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, in the following years, Linking Words
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proportion varied irregularly with a noticeable sharp decline in 2015, when just 500 outputs more or less suspended their activities.Linking Words