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 .

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information from 2011 to 2018 about the stores’ closure,

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, their opening in that period of time in one nation.

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, it can be clearly seen that throughout time, the graphs fluctuate a lot;

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, both of them result

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a lower

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compared to the

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in the beginning. A closer look at the data reveals that started from 2011, the

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shops that

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closed began with about 6,500 shops; after that, the

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not steady and fell dramatically in 2014 until reaching

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lowest point in 2015 with lower than 1000 stores;

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, it

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increased noticeably to almost 5500 during 2015 to 2016 and became steady after that.

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, in 2011, the

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of opening stores had a significant decrease to 4000 and started to rise between 2012 and 2014;

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, the graph dropped again to the same

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as the first reduction and increased a little bit

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2015 to 2016;

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, it dropped to the lowest point in late 2017 with 3000 stores.