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.

The line graph compares the annual amount of shop closures and

openings

in one country in the period from 2011 to 2018.

It is clear that

both the

number

of newly opened shops and closed stores experienced relative fluctuations over the 9-year period. The year 2014 marks the point at which the

number

of shop

openings

overtook that of shop closures. In 2011, investors opened around 8500 new shops in one country, compared to only around 6300 stores that closed.

Then

the annual

openings

had a dramatic fall in 2012 at approximately 4000,

while

the

number

of closed shops dropped by 400 slightly. Over the following 3

years

, the line of both closures and

openings

rose over the same period, reaching around 6000 in 2014. In the year 2015, the

number

of

openings

stayed roughly the same for the next 3

years

and

finally

had a slight decline in the

last

year 2018. Between the

years

2014 to 2016, the shutdown of stores changed dramatically and later remained constant in the final three

years

.