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 illustrates the

number

of

stores

opening and closing in a peculiar nation from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of grand new openings has witnessed a rapid downward trend of more than 5,000

stores

less in a year. Regarding the closures, there were relatively stable changes during the periods given, apart from that there was a sharp dip in the year 2015. The

number

of newly opened shops reached its peak at the

number

of 8,000

stores

in 2011, with merely 3,000

stores

of new shops opened in 2018.

On the other hand

, the

number

of shop closures fluctuated between 7,000 to 5,000

stores

a year most of the time, except there was a significant drop of below 1,000

stores

in 2015. It is worth mentioning that there was a distinct phenomenon in 2011 and 2015 when the

number

of store openings exceeded that of closures. There was a 2,000 discrepancy for the former

while

a larger amount of 3,000 for the latter.