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.

The line graph compares the annual amount of shop closures and

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in one country in the period from 2011 to 2018.

It is clear that

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both the

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of newly opened shops and closed stores experienced relative fluctuations over the 9-year period. The year 2014 marks the point at which the

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of shop

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overtook that of shop closures. In 2011, investors opened around 8500 new shops in one country, compared to only around 6300 stores that closed.

Then

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the annual

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had a dramatic fall in 2012 at approximately 4000,

while

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the

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of closed shops dropped by 400 slightly. Over the following 3

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, the line of both closures and

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rose over the same period, reaching around 6000 in 2014. In the year 2015, the

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of

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stayed roughly the same for the next 3

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and

finally

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had a slight decline in the

last

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year 2018. Between the

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2014 to 2016, the shutdown of stores changed dramatically and later remained constant in the final three

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.