The line graph shows trends in shops closures and openings of new shops in a particular country between 2012 and 2018.
Overall, the number of shop closures has remained within the 5.000 and 7.000 range with the exception of 2015.In contrast,new shop openings has shown a wider range of figures,but generally indicate a downward trend over the same period .
In 2011 approximately 6,400 shops closed . The number of closures fluctuated over the next four years until 2015, when there was a dramatic fall in closures to roughly 700 shops.The following year the number of shops closing in doors rose sharply, reaching over 5.000.The figure remained steady for the next two years, with just over 5,000 closures in 2018.
The number of new shops opening decreased dramatically 2011 approximately 8.500 and 2012 just under 4.000, but rebounded by roughly 50% by 2014.In 2015 ,the number of openings then fell to the 2012 level, but remained stable for the next two years. The last recorded year , 2018, saw a further fall to 3.000 new openings , the lowest point in this seven year period.