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

The line graph presents the number of shops that closed and newly opened in one specific country from 2011 to 2018.

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there are downward trend for all categories. Closures saw a sharp decrease until 2015 and hit the lowest value of the graph

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fluctuated throughout the

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openings oscillated over the span of 4

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relatively steady during the next 2

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decreased marginally over the end of the period.

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, in 2011, Closures were around 6200 as well was lower than openings

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next 1 year duration shops which closed overtook newly opened stores in 2012 . After that showed instability until 2014 and reached approximately 6500. The next level plummeted to under 1000 in 2015, again rising to around 5000 over the course of 1 year. Afterwards, remained relatively stable from 2016 to 2018 respectively.

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, Openings was the highest point of the figure in 2011 by 8500 compared to closures.

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, sharp fell to around 4000

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grew consistently between 2012 and 2014, reaching a value of 6100. Again dipped to 4000 during next 1 year and levelled off over the course of 2

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although

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that hits it’s the lowest value of 3000

at the end

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of the period.