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 illustrates how many shops were opened in a particular area between 2011 and 2018. In both situations, there was a deep trough in one year

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followed by stability and fluctuation, closures and openings, respectively. In the year 2011, the numbers started at 8,500 for one and 6,500 for the other. By 2012 quantity of opening stores fell dramatically and reached less than 4000 . Following 2 years , their count grew steadily. In the following

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the number of opened shops dropped down and stabilised. Beyond count of openings decreased and bottomed out. During the years 2012 and 2014 , the closure count fluctuated .

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, in 2015, closures sum plummeted and reached record a low, with less than a thousand boutiques closed . And

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followed a surge and that year was closed more than 5000 stores. The number of closures stayed constant till 2018.