The graph below Shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and two 2018. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

The line graph demonstrates the closing of

stores

and opening of new

stores

in a certain country during the period between 2011 and 2018.

Overall

, the graph depicts declining trends with many fluctuations in terms of store closures and openings in the given time. Starting with store closures, 6000 to 7000

stores

were closed between the years 2011 and 2014.

However

, from 2015 it takes a big jump and from 2016 to 2018 the closing of the

stores

stays almost at the same rate. As far as new store’s opening is concerned, close to 9000 shops had closed in the year 2011. The number of openings of new shops was greater than the closure of the

stores

.

Then

the figure fell to 4000 in 2012,

however

, there was an average increase in figures and

that is

from 4000 to 6000

stores

.

Next,

we observed a drop in the number of the opening of new shops in 2015 and these stayed the same for the following three years, before reaching a lowest point of 3000, in 2018.