The line graph illustrates the level of markets that closed and opened in a country from 2011 to 2018.
Overall, it can be seen that closures stores showed a bigger fluctuation than openings stores over the given period.
To begin with, the number of shops that closed started from above 6000 at the beginning. After that, the figure decreased slowly to 6000 by 2012. Following that, it witnessed an upward trend to 7000 and dropped slowly to 6500 until 2014. Additionally, closures markets demonstrated a significant fall, reaching around 500 in 2015. Nevertheless, it growth dramatically to 5000 by 2016. Finally, the quantity of closing stores stayed at the same level until 2018.
In contrast, the volume of shops that opened began from more than 8000 in 2011, which made up the highest point of the graph. Afterwards, it declined rapidly to 4000 by 2012. Moreover, for the next two years the figure experienced a quick climb to 6000 in 2014 and went down to 4000 by 2015. In addition, opening markets remained unchanged between 2015 and 2017; however, in 2018, it fell steadily to 3000.