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

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depict

depicts

the number of closures and

opening

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openings

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in a given country. The observed period span from 2011-2018. By ignoring small year-to-year fluctuations, both closures and

opening

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openings

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display a declining trend. In 2011, the number of closed shops was approximately 6,400 and until 2014 it was

oscilating

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oscillating

between 6000 to 7000

cloasures

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closures

per year.

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, in 2015, the value plummeted below 1000, suggesting a possible economic boom.

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, the fall was only temporal – in 2016 it

retured

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returned

to 5000 and remained like that

untill

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until

2018. The number of new shops marked the highest value in 2011 with nearly

a

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9000 newly

estabilished

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established

botiques

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boutiques

. In

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a consequent

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year, the maximum lowered to

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half. After that, in 2013 and 2014, the opening

srecored

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recorded

a linear increase by adding around 1000 more new shops than

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year. In, 2015 the amount returned to 4000 and did not

experienced

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any significant change

untill

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until

2017. The drop to 3000 newly opened stores in 2018

also

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account

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for the lowest value in our observed period.