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 illustrates the data of one country between the

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2011 and 2018, the

amount

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of

shops

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that closed and the

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of new

shops

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that opened.

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the shop closures nose-dived in the

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2015

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the shop openings are in a gradual decline. In 2011, Over 8,000

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opened but a significant decline was observed in the following

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. After

that

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there is

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increase till 2014. Meanwhile, the exact

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of

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closed was slightly above 6000 in 2011, which rose to more than 7000 in the

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2013. About 4000

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opened in 2015, which dipped through the years and

finally

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3000

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opened in the

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2018.

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, the

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of

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that shut down plummeted significantly to below 1000 in 2015, After that there has been a significant increase in the

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of

shops

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closed as it went over 5000 in 2018. In conclusion, In the

beginning

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the

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of

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opened did affect the

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of

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that opened and coincided in the

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2014,

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became independent of each other in the years that followed.