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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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of stores which closed and opened in one country from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, in 2011 the

number

of

shops

which were opened was more than

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the

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closed,

while

in 2018 the proportion of

shops

that were closed was more than the proportion of

shops

that were opened. As can be seen, in 2011 there were about 8500

shops

which were closed,

while

the

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of

shops

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opened was roughly 6500. Evidently, there was a significant decrease in

shops

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reached

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4000 in 2012. The

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shops

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opened

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steadily

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just over

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6000 from 2012 to 2014,

however

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closed fluctuated which dropped

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approximately 6500. In 2016 the

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opened and the

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closed was 4000 and just more than 5000, respectively. At the report ends, it displays both sectors have lower digits as compared to

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data.