The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opended in one country between 2011 and 2018.

The line graph demonstrates the

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and

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of the shop in a nation from 2011 to 2018.

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, the number of

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overtakes that of

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at the end

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. There is a huge drop

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new

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in one year before the

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. Interestingly, the trend

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shows that the

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seems

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to decrease continuously. In 2011, the

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were at their peak at over 8,000

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.

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, it dropped to 4,000 a year later.

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bounced back to 6,000 and down to 4,000 before remaining stable at around 4,000 until 2017. In

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2018, the number of

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fell to

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lowest point at 3,000. For the

closures

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,

it is clear that

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the

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closed in 2011 started at around 6,500

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and fluctuated between 6,000 and 7,000 before coming down to 6,500 in 2014. It is the alarming drop, which took place in 2015 as the

closures

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came to about 500

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before it skyrocketed to a little above 5,000 where it remained stable until 2018.