The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the numer of new shops that opened in one coutry between 2011 and 2018. Summarise the in formation by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant,

The graph gives information about the

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of new shops opened and that of those closed in a specific country from 2011 to 2018.

It is clear that

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during the first half of the

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, the

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of closures and openings fluctuated and dropped by the end. Notably, in 2015, very few stores were closed.

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, throughout the second part of the

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, more of them were closed than opened.

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from 2011 to 2015, at the beginning, nearly 6,500 and 8,500 shops were closed and opened.

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, by 2012, the

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of openings almost halved. By 2014, the

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of closures was at the level between 6,000 and 7,000, which was the same as the

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of new shops. By

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year, fewer than 1,000 stores were closed,

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for those opened, the corresponding figure was 4,000. As for the remaining

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, by 2016, the

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of shop closures skyrocketed to over 5,000 and remained stable by the end of the

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. Regarding new stores, their

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number

was unchanged by 2017, which was followed by

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slight decrease of 1,000.