The given bar chart illustrates the information regarding the discounts of different styles of items in four seasons at a superstore in the US in 2011.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that autumn is the favored time of year for purchasing items more than other seasons. It is clear that women’s clothes witnessed the highest sales of all seasons, particularly dominating during autumn.
Looking first at the autumn and summer, the former ranged from a low of men’s clothing (about 30.000 dollars) to a high of women’s clothing (roughly 110.000 dollars), with sport equipment (40.000 dollars), cosmetic (above 40.000 dollars) and jewelry (around 50.00 dollars) in between. The latter represent much lower numbers as women’s clothing stands at 80.000 dollars, followed by men’s clothing (40.000 dollars), cosmetic (approximately 30.000 dollars) and jewelry (roughly 25.000 dollars), the least purchasing belongs to sport equipment (over 20.000 dollars).
Turning to the remaining seasons, the figure for winter also has a peak of women’s clothing (40.000 dollars), followed by men’s clothing, sport equipment and cosmetics showed similar patterns as devoted about 30.000 dollars, the least buying is Jewellery just equal to a half of women’s clothing. In spring, women’s clothing accounted for 60.000 dollars, after sport equipment (40.000 dollars), the remaining items displayed comparable numbers with figures of men’s clothing (20.000 dollars), cosmetics (20.000 dollars) and jewelry (under 20.000 dollars).