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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The following graph makes a clear comparison of the number of chains that were closed and opened in a certain country from 2011 to 2018.

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, both closures and openings of

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fluctuated widely over the course of the given period of time with a downward trend.

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, the number of new stores was considerably more than those that closed at the beginning, which, in turn, became notably less than closed ones in terms of quantity, by 2018. In terms of newly opened chains, they, accounting for around 8,500 at the beginning, oscillated widely before reaching a plateau at the point of 4,000.

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there was a slight increase in the quantity of

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type of shop in 2017, it decreased considerably and ended with 3,000 stores in 2018. With regards to closed

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, they began with quite more than 6,000

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in 2011.

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, the quantity of no longer available

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plummeted to a minuscule 700 in 2015 before seeing a sharp increase in 2016 (nearly 500 ).

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, the number of closed markets, by 2018, constituted more than 5,000, outnumbering notably those newly opened.