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. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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of shop closures and openings in one country during a period of 8 years from 2011 to 2018.

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, both lines, regarding closed shops and the newly opened ones, demonstrate a downward trend and

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wildly.

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change for closed markets

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declined around 1000 in that period of time, there was a dramatic drop in numbers in 2015 to less than 1000.

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, the

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of new shops that opened was at a maximum of more than 8000 in 2011. After that, the

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went down to slightly under 4000 in 2012,

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it rose gradually by about 2000 and reached just over 6000 from 2012 to 2014. Following that, there was a sharp fall from 6000 to 4000 in 2015 and remained stable between 2015 and 2017. At

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, it decreased to 3000 in 2018.

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, in 2011, the

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of stores that closed was more than 6000.

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, there was a slow drop to almost 6000 in 2012. After that, the graph hit a peak at barely above 7000 in 2013 and again, there was a drop of around 500 numbers in 2014. The quickest change experienced in 2015, when the line hit a low of below 1000, which was almost 6000 units. Following that, the

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of store closures increased sharply to 5000 in 2016 and approximately stayed constant till 2018.