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 relevan

The line graph illustrates the number of shop closures and openings in a particular area between 2011 and 2018.

Overall

, both the number of closed and opened stores fluctuated, with the number of shops that have held the doors reaching a rock bottom at one point.

To begin

with, in 2011, approximately 8,500 stores opened. The following year,

this

figure dropped significantly to 4,000, rebounding by roughly 50

percent

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in 2014. In 2015, the tally of openings returned to the 2012 level, reaching 4,000, and remained stable for the next two years. The

last

recorded year, 2018, saw a

further

decline to 3,000 new openings, the lowest point in the period observed. The volume of closures,

on the other hand

, started at 6,400 shops in 2011.

This

amount fluctuated over the next three years until 2015 when there was a dramatic decrease in halting to almost 700 shops.

However

,

this

was followed by a sharp rise, with closures reaching over 5,000. The figures remained steady for the next two years, with just over 5,000 recorded in 2018.