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

The line graph depicts the amount of

store

closures

and

openings

in a single country from the year 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, the total of

store

closures

and

openings

fluctuated over the whole period but the closure

store

count was high

at the end

of the period even if it was the least at the beginning of the period. In 2011, the number of shop

closures

was approximately 6,200 and it surpassed the opening

store

volume during 2011-2012. In 2013, the count of the closure shops was the highest but by the year ,2015 it drastically fell to about 500. During 2015-16 it sharply grew to almost 5,200 and the figure reached a plateau which lasted from 2016-2018 except for a small dip in 2017. In 2011, the figure

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showroom

openings

was the highest in the country approximately 8,200 but by the year ,2012 it sharply fell to below 4000 and

then

partly recovered to 6,100 in 2014.

Openings

were more stable and rose to a peak of 7,100 in 2013 before reaching nearly the same level as

closures

in 2014.