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 shows trends in

shop

closures

and

openings

in one country from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, both the

number

of shops that closed and the

number

that opened depicted large fluctuations during the particular period of

the

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time.

However

,

closures

had surpassed

openings

in

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the end of the period To start with, in 2011, the

shop

openings

reached

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peak at 8,500

stores

after which decreased sharply to 4,000,

while

the

shop

closures

drop slightly to 6,000 in 2012 which beat the

number

of

shop

/ shops opened. After 2012,

on the other hand

, both of the

number

shops that closed and opened increased except for the

shop

closures

in 2014. In 2015, the

shop

closures

fell to

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lowest point

which

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below 1,000

stores

,

whereas

the

shop

openings

went down

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to 4,000

stores

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not as lowest as the

shop

closures

. The following year the

closures

shop

fluctuated between 5100 and 5000

stores

,

in contrast

with the

openings

shop

which was steady for three years and ended with declined to

the

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its smallest point.