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.

The line graph displays the total

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of

shops

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opened and closed in an unknown country over the span of 7 years.

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, the highest

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of

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opened was in the

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2011,

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, in the same

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around 6500

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were closed.

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, in 2014 the

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of closures and

openings

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of

shops

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were almost similar. In the initial

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of 2011, around 9,000 new

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were introduced, but in 2012 the

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of new

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fell below 4,000.

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, after two years the

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of

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increased by 2,000 by the end of 2014 and after that, in 2015 a similar trend of 2012 was experienced in the

openings

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. In 2015, the

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of new

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started to fall by 4,000 and

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number

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stayed the same still 2017.

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, the data on shop closures is very different from

openings

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, other than in the

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2014. More than 6,000

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were closed in 2011 and

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trend continued with minimal fluctuations till 2014, by the

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2015 leaving less than 1,000

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closed.

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, by the end of 2018, the

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of

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closed was more than the

openings

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of new

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.