The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018

The line diagram illustrates the number of

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closures and openings in a particular country throughout the duration from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

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,

it is clear that

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the number of stores closed was higher than the

opened

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ones opened

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at the beginning,

In contrast

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, at the of the period, it was inverted.

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the diagram, the figure for shops that closed was

initially

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smaller than the

outlet

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that opened but went the opposite

at the end

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of the year. It started at around 8500 for the shops opening number, which was higher than the

stores

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store's

stores'

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closure by approximately 2000, in the same time. From 2012 to 2014, the amount of

outlet

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closures increased gradually, and remained higher than the openings, but plummeted to less than 1000 in the following period.

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, during the period from 2016 to 2018, the figure for shops closure showed a decreasing trend.

Whereas

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, it went the opposite for the

outlet

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that opened. It finished at slightly above 5000,

in contrast

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, the sum of stores opened dropped to reach a low of 3000.