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, anomake comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the figure for shop closures and openings in one specific nation from 2011 to 2018.

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, it is apparent that the

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of closed stores fluctuated remarkably over the period shown.

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, the quantity of newly opened ones

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waved, but much less significant than that of shop closures. More than 8000 shops opened in 2011, which was actually at peak of the

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of openings. In the following several years,

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, the

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of newly opened stores almost halved, plunging to around 4000 in 2012, and it was followed by a noticeable increase until 2014 when the

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reached about 6000. Since

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,

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, there had been a downward trend, with a gradual decline from 6000 in 2014 to 3000 in 2018.

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, fewer than 7,000 stores closed in 2011. Between 2011 and 2014, modest fluctuation could be witnessed, with the

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waving from 6000 to 7000. Afterwards, the

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of closed shops experienced an exponential decrease, falling from more than 6000 in 2014 to approximately 500 in 2015. Unlike the changes in the figure for shop openings, the

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of closed shops saw an upward trend from 2015 to 2018, ending up at roughly 5000.