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

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of closed and newly opened stores in a certain country within eight years.

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divisions both showcased a fluctuating trend over given years. Meanwhile, it is evident that the two figures concurrently witnessed declines in a span of eight years. Upon careful observation, it is noticeable that the

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of closures experienced the most significant drop. At the very beginning, there were about 6500 domestic shops shut down in 2011, the figure

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saw a slight decrease to about 6000 in 2012 before reaching a peak in 2013 with more than 7000. Following closely behind, a sharp decline appeared, descending the

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to around 7000 in 2015, which was the lowest level over the observed period. After that, the figure rebounded back to

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5000 in 2016 and

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remained relatively stable.

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of openings exhibited relatively

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changes.

By contrast

, there were more new shops than closed shops in 2011, with a gap of 2000. The year 2014 marked

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about 6000. After that, a declining trend could be observed and the figure hit the lowest point in 2018 with 3000.