Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting usual doctors. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

The line graph illustrates the

number

of shop

closures

and

openings

between 2011 and 2018. It is obvious that both lines in the graph had a downward trend, especially in the year 2014. There is a dramatic decline in 2015, which dropped over 6,000

shops

were closed, from 6,500 to just only 500 stores.

By contrast

, the

number

of closing down in

shops

increased to over 5,000 and remain stable between 5,000 and 6,000

closures

. For the shop’s

openings

, we can see the figure in 2011, there is by far the highest

number

of

openings

in

shops

.

However

, it represents a considerable decrease in the

next

year, and the figure for

openings

in the following years fluctuated between 6,100 and 3,000.

Also

, the figure for

closures

and

openings

is so close in 2014, that closed

shops

had a higher

number

than

openings

. Overall, the line graph compares the

number

of

shops

that closed

,

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and the new stores that were established. And the figures for

closures

had

finally

overtaken the

number

of

openings

in 2018.