Missing merchant shops in Val Royeaux

Im on my first playthrough - and I definitely noticed that at first, theres only a few shops - but once I hit a certain point in the game with certain requirements completed, alot more shops opened up - So I only had about 4 to start, then eventually the rest came in.

Yeah...I thought that might be the problem.........wondering tho what I did the 1st time through that I didn't do now........oh well.......I can wait........nothing really I need from the missing shops anyway..................thanks for your response.