The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in опе country between 2011 and 2018. Summarise the information Ьу selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where re/evant.

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that stopped operating and those that started operating from 2011 to 2018.

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, it is immediately apparent that the number of both closed and newly established

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decreased. In 2011, the number of closed and opened

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stood at approximately 6,500 and 8,500 respectively. In the following year, the

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that started operating plunged to less than half the starting figure.

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, the

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that shut down were only 500 less than the original. Over the next three years,

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there were fluctuations in the closed

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the opened

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made a steady rise, both

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recorded just over 6,000 in 2014. In the following year, opened

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decreased by 2,000 but closed

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made a dramatic decline to only around 500. There was a plateau in the opened shop figures around 4,000 from 2015 to 2017 with a fall by 1,000 in 2018.

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the closed

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made a sharp rise to a little over 5,000 in 2016 and

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plateaued around

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same value in 2018.