The chart shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops opening in a country from 2011 to 2018.

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of shop closures and openings between 2011 and 2018.

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during the period there were some fluctuations.

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,

in

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the beginning of the

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there were a significant

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of new shopping

stores

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.

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, the trend of closing shops was higher than opening new

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in the final year. In 2011, just over 9000 shopping facilities were opened, compared to nearly 6000 closures of

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. Following 3 years, the

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of

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closing down and openings accounted for just under 7000. In the year 2015, the figures for openings and closed

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dramatically decreased,

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about 4000 and 1000 respectively. From 2016 to 2017, the trends for both closing and opening shop facilities were stable.

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, there was a slight decrease in the

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of closed

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reached approximately 3000 shops in 2018.

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the

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of opened

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made up 5000 shops.