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. Number of shop closures and openings 2011-2018 Closures - Openings 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

The provided line graph illustrates how many stores opened and closed in a country from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

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, the graph shows that the number of shop openings dropped dramatically.

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, the number of shops closed decreased slightly over the period. The shop closures became higher than new shops. As far as the new store openings are concerned, the number started at between 8000 and 9000 in 2011. After that, it declined sharply to 4000 in 2012,

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it fluctuated at the same level between 2012 and 2015. In the following years, it stayed relatively unchanged until 2017 before making a slight decrease to 3000 in 2018 which is the lowest point in the period. In 2011, approximately 6500 stores closed.

Thereafter

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, it saw a fluctuation at around the same figure between 2011 and 2014. Before, it plummeted to just below 1000 in 2015. After that, it had a sharp increase in closures to roughly 5000 stores in 2016. It remained relatively at around the same level for the next two years with almost 5000

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in 2018.