The diagram illustrates the number of shops in the situation of close and open in one country from 2011 to 2018.

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of stores that closed with the

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of those which opened in a particular country in a seven-year period, between 2011 and 2018.

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, the

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of closures experienced a slight decrease,

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the

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of openings dropped significantly over the period in question. The figure for closed stores started at marginally above 6,000 in 2011. It fell slightly in 2012, but it took over the figure for openings. The closures

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peaked at just above 7,000. Having experienced a reduction of almost 500 in 2014, the

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plummeted to less than 1,000 in 2015. next year, the

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improved by more than 4000, and remained fairly steady for the rest of the period. The

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of openings was, by far, more than the

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of closed stores in 2011.

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, it saw a considerable reduction of more than 4,000 in the next year. Despite the improvement of the figure in the next 2 years,

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it witnessed a significant drop of 2,000.

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remained constant until 2017, when it reduced by 1,000.