The chart provides information about how large the sales figures for some items were in an American department store over a year.
Overall, all the categories experienced upward trends, although the extents varied significantly.
Women’s clothes consistently remained the best-sellers throughout the year. The autumn season saw the highest sales for this category, reaching a peak at 110,000 dollars. This marked a consistent increase from the previous winter season, which recorded sales of 40,000 dollars. Jewellery experienced the second-largest sales growth, starting from being the least popular (below 20,000 dollars) during winter and spring, but rising to the second-highest rank (50,000 dollars) in autumn.
In contrast, cosmetics and sports equipment saw smaller increases of 17,000 and 10,000 dollars respectively. Both categories also experienced temporary declines, with cosmetics reaching a low of 20,000 dollars in spring and sports equipment reaching 23,000 dollars in summer. The smallest overall change, a mere 2,000-dollar rise, was observed in the men’s clothing category, despite the seasonal sales fluctuating between 20,000 and 40,000 dollars prior to autumn.