Band 6+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. "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." Write at least 150 words.

The line graph presents information regarding the number of store closures and the number of new stores being establised in a particular region from 2011 to 2018.

Overall, it can be seen from the graph that the number of store opened exhibited a general decreasing trend. Whereas, the number of shop closures stabilised during the time period, except a significant drop happed in 2015.

In 2011, there were around 8500 store openings, following this, the trend experienced a considerable decline to 4000 within 1 year. After this, a gradual recovery was seen until 2014, before declining back to 4000 in 2015 and reached plateau, before deplaying a further reduce to nearly 3000 in 2018.

Regarding the closures, the trend initiated at approximately 6500 in the beginning experienced some fluctuations in the following 3 years. Then, a dramatic downward trajectory was evidenced in 2015, which was accounted for just below 1000. Subsequently, the number showed a exponential growth to above 5000 in 2016 and stabilised at this level until reaching the end of the time period.