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 relevant.

The provided information expresses the volume of opened and closed

shops

from the

year

2011 to 2018 in one country.

Overall

, the figure for closing stores grew more than for opening stores.

However

, digit of closing stores fell and rose again. At the beginning,

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year

2011,

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the volume

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of closed

shops

was near about 64000. The trend was upward till 2013. After that, the number steep drop down to its lowest level, which was in the

year

2015. Only almost 500

shops

were closed at that time.

However

, the volume of closed

shops

rose again and reached nearly 5100 numbers in the

year

2018. Regarding the digit of the opening

shops

were higher than closing

shops

. In the

year

2011, 8500

shops

were opened.

Whereas

, almost at the same time the opened

shops

fell but in a greater number than closed

shops

.

Then

again, it grew at the same time as closed

shops

in the

year

2014 at the same level which was nearly 6000 . After that, the trend was downward

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and stopped at its lowest point in the

year

2011.