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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information about the number of newly opened and closed

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in a certain country from 2011 to 2018.

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, it can be seen that there was a fluctuation in the number of

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both opened and closed throughout the given period. At

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there were more

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opened than closed;

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it was evident that more

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decided to close. In 2011, approximately 8500

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were opened in a certain country,

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less than 7,000 decided to stop operating. After a year, open

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showed a significant decrease to 4,000 in 2012

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and started to climb

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6000 in 2014.

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figure remained stable for three consecutive years after it fell to 3000 in 2018. In terms of shop closure, it drastically dropped to less than 1000 in 2015 and considerably rose after one year and remained steady at about 5000 in 2018.