The chart shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops opening in a country from 2011 to 2018.

The line graph gives information about the

number

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of

stores

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that closed down and recently opened

stores

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in one country from 2011 to 2018.

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, it can be seen that the

number

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of shop closures and openings

decrease

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by the end of the given period.

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, both categories show a fluctuating trend. In 2011, there were almost 9000 shops opened,

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almost 6500 shops closed down before gradually increasing and reaching a peak in 2013. The

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of shops that were newly opened and closed was almost the same in the next year, around 6700 and 6800 respectively. By 2015, the latter

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had dropped to below 1000,

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plummeted in 2016. There was a reverse trend in the

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of shop closures and openings in the

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three years of the period.

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the winding up of the

stores

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inclined in 2018, there was a decline in terms of

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stores launch

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