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

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of closing shop

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and the of new shop

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in one country between 2011 and 2018.

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, the

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of closing shops was higher than new shops opening in 2018. The trend of

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has been decreasing gradually. The economy of

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country is healthy, referring to the small

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of

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in 2015. From 2011 to 2013, the

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of

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started at 6,500 and went up to 7,000.

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, the

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of

openings

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started at a huge

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, accounting for 8,500.

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, it decreased dramatically to 4,000 in 2012 and rose to 5,000 in 2013. Surprisingly, the

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of

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slightly declined to 6,500 in 2014, but that opening went up continuously to 6,000. Interestingly, the

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of

closures

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went down extremely, plunging from 6,500 to 500 in 2015. That

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of

openings

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decreased as well, accounting for 4,000 in 2015.

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, the

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of

closures

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rose dramatically to 5,000 in 2016, and it remains stable until 2018. The

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of

openings

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also

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remains the same, accounting for 4,000, until 2017. It decreased slightly to 3,000 in 2018.