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

A glance at the line chart reveals how many

shops

were set up and turned down in one country during the period from 2011 to 2018.  

Overall

, both the

amount

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of shop openings and closures indicated a downward trend from 2011 to 2018, with considerable fluctuations in the middle of the time. The

number

of shop openings was larger than the

number

of shop closures at the beginning;

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number

was seen

at the end

.   First of all, there were 8500

shops

opened in 2011 and a rapid dip

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only 4000 in 2012, and

then

the quantity of

shops

went up to slightly higher than 6000. After an approximated 2000

shops

declined in 2015 and had similar numbers until 2017, it

finally

decreased to 4000

shops

.   In terms of the

number

of closures, there were just above 6,000 in 2011 and

then

remained at a similar level in 2014, with a small increment up to a little bit higher than 7,000

shops

. After that, a sudden fall in the

number

of

shops

was observed, down to around 500. At

last

, the

number

of

shops

surged back to 5000 in 2014 and remained constant till 2018.