The line graph illustrates the number of stores that are closed and the number of new shops that have opened in a particular country between 2011 and 2018.
Overall, it is noticeable that the closures and the openings of shops have fluctuated patterns from the beginning to the end of the statistics in 2018.
Focusing on the closures line graph, the number of stores that were closed initiated approximately 6400 shops, then slightly plummeted to 6,000 shops in 2012. Gradually increased to just over 7000 and decreased significantly in 2015 with just below 1000 stores, then rose subsequently, and reached just over 5,000 in 2016 and 2018.
Turning to the opening statistics, the number of shops that opened in 2011 was about twice the total in 2012. Then increased continuously to 6000 in 2014 and decreased continually in 2015 with a total of 4000 shops and remained unchanged in 2016, which then plummeted to 3000 shops in 2018.
