The graph illustrates the number of shops that closed and newly opened in a particular country between 2011 and 2018.
Overall
, the trends for Linking Words
closures
and Use synonyms
openings
fluctuated over the period, with Use synonyms
closures
remaining generally higher than Use synonyms
openings
.
The most notable feature of the graph is the significant decline in Use synonyms
shop
Use synonyms
openings
in 2015, reaching a low point. Use synonyms
Although
the numbers of Linking Words
closures
and Use synonyms
openings
varied each year, Use synonyms
closures
were more consistent, Use synonyms
while
Linking Words
openings
showed more dramatic fluctuations. By 2018, the figures for both categories had Use synonyms
leveled
off.
In 2011, Change the spelling
levelled
shop
Use synonyms
closures
began at around 6,500, Use synonyms
while
Linking Words
openings
were slightly higher at 8,500. Use synonyms
However
, Linking Words
openings
experienced a sharp drop to just over 4,000 by 2012. Use synonyms
Closures
fluctuated less dramatically, decreasing slightly to 6,000 in 2012 before rebounding to approximately 7,000 in 2013. Use synonyms
Shop
Use synonyms
openings
rose again during the same period, peaking at nearly 6,500 in 2014.
From 2014 onwards, the number of Use synonyms
shop
Use synonyms
openings
saw a steep decline, hitting a record low of just 500 in 2015. Use synonyms
On the other hand
, Linking Words
shop
Use synonyms
closures
Use synonyms
also
experienced a drop, albeit a smaller one, to around 5,000. Both figures stabilized somewhat from 2016 to 2018, with Linking Words
closures
steadily decreasing to 5,000, Use synonyms
while
Linking Words
openings
hovered consistently around the same level during Use synonyms
this
time. By the end of the period, the numbers for both Linking Words
openings
and Use synonyms
closures
were equal at 4,000.Use synonyms