Task 1 - 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 graph presents the

number

of

shops

which have closed relative to the quantity of

shops

which have opened, between the years 2011 and 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of closures has for the majority of the period exceeded the amount of openings in 5 different years. Meanwhile, the amount of

shops

opening has only seen a higher figure in only 2 different years (2011 and 2015).

To begin

with,

while

initially

there was a higher volume of opened

shops

in 2011, the

number

of

shops

which have closed has seen a substantial rise from 2011 to 2013, meaning that its quantity has increased from around 6300 to 7000.

On the contrary

, during

this

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the shop openings

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experienced a significant decline from around 8500 to 4000 in 2012. Despite

this

downward trend

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, the

number

of openings did level off in 2012,

although

this

quantity witnessed a slower growth than that of closers from 2012 to 2014.

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pattern was present from 2016 to 2018, where the volume of dismantling was higher than that of the creations. In 2011 and 2015

on the other hand

, these trends have seen a reversal. From 2014 to 2015 the rate of new selling institutions exceeded that of the ones shutting down since in 2015, the figures were 4000 and 1000 respectively, albeit

this

only lasted for one year.

Furthermore

, in 2011

this

was a similar case but in comparison with 2015, the difference between the 2 divisions was smaller of around 2000.