The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shop 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 graph demonstrates how many shops were opened and closed in a particular country over the 7-year period.

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, the frequency of erecting and

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of businesses was not correlated.

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, the most noticeable change concerns the unpredictable fall of shop closures in 2015. In detail, if we look at the data

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openings , the general trend illustrates that the number of new shops significantly decreased over time. So, in 2011 there were around 8,500 recently opened companies,

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in 2018 only 3000. As regards store closures , the trend

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rather fluctuated

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, except for the decline in 2015. In 2015, it shows a dramatic drop in closures from about 6,500 per year to almost 500.

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, by

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the number had increased and exceeded 5,000.

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we can

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observe a reduction of closed companies , which made up around 6,000 at the beginning of the period and nearly 5,000

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of the period, the gap is less marked than in the case of openings.