The chart shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops opening in a country from 2011 to 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The presented line graph depicts the

number

of

store

closures

and

openings

in a particular country from the year 2011 to 2018. On the whole, both the opening and closure rates experienced a declining trend during the said period,

although

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significant fluctuations leading to several instances of role reversals. Starting with

store

closures

, the graph indicates that in 2011, the

number

of

store

closures

was less than that of

store

openings

, at around 6,500. The

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fell to 6,000 in 2012,

although

the

closures

began to surpass the

openings

in subsequent years. The

number

of

closures

peaked at over 7,000 in 2013 before declining to approximately 6,600 in 2014.

However

, the year 2015 witnessed a dramatic drop in the

number

of

store

closures

, plummeting to just under 1,000. Following that, the closure rate gradually picked up, reaching around 5,000 by 2016 and maintaining that

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until 2018. Turning to new

store

openings

, with approximately 8,500

openings

in 2011, the

number

of new

store

openings

was greater than the

number

of

store

closures

. The

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fell to just under 4,000 in 2012, and there was a minor increase in 2013 and 2014, with approximately 5,000 and just over 6,000

openings

, respectively.

Afterward

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, the rate of new

store

openings

declined, with the

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hovering around 4,000 for the following three years before reaching a low point of 3,000 in 2018, emerging as the lower of the two categories.