The bar chart illustrates changes in the sales of five kinds of items from Winter to Autumn in a US department shop in the year 2011.
In general, it is noticeable that different trends were observed in all the given categories throughout the months. Women’s clothes witnessed a dramatic rise and became dominant during the period shown, while men’s clothes took the last position by the end of the season.
In the initial season, women’s clothes was dominant, with $40 k of capital being spent on this group. In the following months, there was a rapid increase reaching a peak of approximately $110 k in the last season. Similarly, jewellery accounted for $20 k, the lowest amount of money in winter, which was followed by a significant growth to around $50 in Autumn.
At the beginning of the season, cosmetics and men’s clothes were about $50 k each. The latter witnessed a tremendous rise to around $55 k over the period, while the former experienced a minor growth to $40 k in Summer, before a steady reduction to the initial figure. This category took the last place among the five groups. Meanwhile, sports equipment stood at approximately $35 k in Winter, there was a gradual increase to $40 k during the period shown.