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

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opened and closed in a country during the span of eight years (between 2011- 2018). Units are in numbers.

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, the maximum

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of

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opened was

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2011

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of closures occurred

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2015.

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with, during 2011 the

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of opened

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was around 8500.

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, there was a drastic dip in that

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in 2012 i.e. just under 4000. The

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began to rise and reached almost 6000 in 2014. Moving on, the

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of

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opened during 2015 – 2017 was quite stable. (approximately 4000 in each year) The

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of

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closed during 2011 was a little over 6000, which reached its highest point in 2013, with a total closure of 7100

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approximately. The

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slumped drastically during 2015, with a total closure of roughly 500

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.

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, the

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leveled off during 2016-2018 with

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closure of 5000

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approximately.