Initial Post: After looking closely at the graphs above, think about these three questions:

1. What do you notice? Share what you are noticing and what this may imply.
2. What do you wonder? Are there items you noticed that answer what you wonder? Where could you find the answers to what you wonder?
3. Whats going on in these graphs? Use what you notice. What can you infer from these graphs beyond what they show directly? Whats the deeper story that comes from these graphs?

Graph A Net change in retail jobs over the last 15 years Warehouse clubs and other Total retail industry +500,000 E-commerce 9 25 other retail sectors -500 Department stores '02 '04 '06 '08 10 '12 '14 '16 Graph B E-commerce Percentage change in retail jobs over the last 15 years +300% +200 +100 Warehouse clubs and other Total retail industry Department stores 25 other retail sectors - 100 '02 04 '06 *08 10 '12 '14 '16 Glossary Retail: selling products or goods in small quantities to people for their own use, usually through shops, stores and online businesses E-commerce: buying and selling online