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 data about the

number

of

shop

closures and the new

shop

establishment from 2011 to 2018. In general, both categories had a downward trend during seven years.

However

, the

number

of new

shops

opened was a more noticeable decrease.

Besides

, the closed

shops

had a more significant low, except in 2015 the amount

shops

decreased sharply. Regarding the stores that closed, there were nearly 6500

cases

recorded in 2011. For the third consecutive

year

, the

number

of stores oscillated from under 6000 to more than 7000

cases

before they dipped in 2015 with approximately 500 at the bottom. Rising back up in the following

year

, the figures tenfold the

year

before went up to 5000

cases

.

Then

, the

number

of

shops

remained stable in the next

year

. In another aspect, the figures for

shop

openings started with a peak in 2011, with over 8500

cases

before they fell dramatically in the next

year

. The line of

shop

opening shows the lowest point by more than 50% with relatively 4000

cases

. In the second continuous

year

, the

number

of

shops

rebounded and reached the second peak,

over

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with over

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6000

cases

in 2014.

This

data

then

dropped to the 2012 level and levelling off until 2017 before fluctuating in 2018 to around 3000

cases

.