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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of shop closures and the

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of shop openings in a country from 2011 to 2018.

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, both trends experienced a decrease with some fluctuations occurring throughout the year

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with, the total of shops that opened in 2011 stood at around 8.500, marking its peak in the initial

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. After that, the

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plummeted to 4.000 shops in 2012 before it surged to about 6.000 in the subsequent two years.

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, in 2015, the figure

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store openings dropped suddenly, hitting the same

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as it was in 2012, and continued to flatten out in the following three years before it dropped to 3.000 in 2018.

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, the total of outlet closings in 2011 was about 6.400

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was followed by a slight dip in 2012, hitting 6.000

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and a rebound to 7.000 in 2013, reaching the highest figure throughout the

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, it showed a downward trend in the subsequent two years, hitting the lowest point in 2015 at approximately 500

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. The

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, skyrocketed ten-fold to 5.000

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in 2018

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levelled off

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of the

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