The chart shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops opening in a country from 2011 to 2018.

The line graph presents the figures for stores closure and those newly opened in a certain country from the years 2011 to 2018. Looking from an

overall

perspective, the amount of closed shops experience fluctuation

then

had a sudden fall before staying on a constant trend till 2018,

while

the new workshops had a significant decrease but later increased slightly and remained stationed for a period of three years before having a small reduction in 2018. From 2011, above 6000 stores were closed, which fluctuated from 2012 to 2015 when it reduced to 1000 structures, and

then

it saw a rapid increase of above 5000 in 2016, staying at that rate till 2018.

Furthermore

, the newly constructed stores that were above 8000 had a great reduction to 4000 in 2012 and went back and forth within the figures of 4000-6000 for the period of four years, till 2015 where it stayed at 4000 till 2017 and

then

falls to 3000 in 2018