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 releven.

The graph provides information about the statistic of shop

closures

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and

openings

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from 2011 to 2018. The graph's

number

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shows 0 to 9, 000.

Firstly

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, it is notable that the lowest figure of

closures

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in

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2015. The figure for

openings

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in 2015

also

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decreased than the previous year, 2014,

on the contrary

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, the

closures

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' reduction is much larger than the

openings

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. Its

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decreased more than five times. Interestingly, after 2015, the

closures

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'

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is rising again,

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, the

openings

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'

number

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continues to decline, despite a brief boost in 2017.

Overall

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, the

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of

openings

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and

closures

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in 2018 are both lower than in 2011.