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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of store closings and openings in a single country between the years

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2011 and 2018.

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, the number of shops that closed and the number that opened both experienced massive fluctuations throughout the examined period.

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, openings were outpaced by closures in all of the years except for 2011 and 2015. The volume of shops that closed fluctuated between roughly 6,000 and 7,000 during the first four years of the span, after which it fell sharply to its lowest point, about 600, in 2015.

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figure rose significantly to around 5,000 and remained at

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level until the end of the duration. In the year of 2011, the count of stores that opened boasted the highest number

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roughly 8,500,

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it has experienced a downward trend, dropping to just under 4,000 in 2012. Afterwards, openings made a rebound, reaching nearly the same level as closings in 2014 at just over 6,000. It dropped

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its 2012 level in 2015, where it remained steady till it declined to an all-time low at 3,000 respectively in 2018.