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 closures and newly opened

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in one country during the 2011 and 2018 years.

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,

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the rate of openings decreased year by year, the rate of

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that are closed increased.

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with opened

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, the starting point was more than 8000 in 2011,

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in the next year it sharply decreased to 4000. After some time it started to increase and reached 6000 in 2014, which in 2015 experienced a decline to exactly 4000 and stayed at

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until 2017. In 2018 it finished with a decrease, where the

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consisted of 3000. Meanwhile, as we can see, the closure of

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rate in 2011 was more than 6000, approximately 6500, which declined to 6000 in 2012.

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it experienced growth to nearly 7100 in 2013.

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, in 2014 it decreased to its starting point, 6500. In 2015, it roundly declined to 500,

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it again rose to 5000 in 2016 and in the end,

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stayed without changes until 2018.