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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and new stores in a country during a 7-year period, spanning from 2011 to 2018. It is evident that the

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of

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experienced a significant fluctuation.

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, most of the years the

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of closed

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exceeded the

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openings

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, which

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decreased gradually. The figure

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that at the beginning, the

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of new

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was

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surpassing

8000,

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the share of

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was over 6000. In the next year, the share of

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dived and reached just below 4000, almost ½ of

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year,

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the contribution of

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decreased slightly, it exceeded the proportion of

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, which reached almost 6000. In the subsequent

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the

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of

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had

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ascending trend and in 2014 it was approximately 6000, almost equal to

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.

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the proportion of new

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dropped markedly in 2015, the share of closed stores faced a substantial halve and reached below 1000. In

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sharp contrast, it suddenly rose that

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5000 and

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relatively unchanged until 2018.

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, the proportion of new

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was almost stabilized in 2015, 2016, and 2017 and eventually declined to 3000 in 2018.