The two pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010.

Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts given illustrate the internet
sales
for several
type
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types
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of fields in Canada over a five-year period from 2005 to 2010. From an
overall
perspective, it is evident that the percentage of online
sales
for food & beverage and video games showed an upward trend,
whereas
a reverse pattern could be seen in the figures for other categories over the years shown. In 2005, the proportion of
sales
accquired
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acquired
from electronics and appliances on the Internet was
highest
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, at 35%. The data on home furnishings and food &
baverage
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beverage
were lower, at 25% and 22%, respectively. Meanwhile, video games accounted for the lowest value, at 18%. In 2010, the online
sales
for food & drink and video games sharply rose to 32% and 23%,
the
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then
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the
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given order, there was a
substaintial
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substantial
fall in that of electronics & appliances to 30%.
In addition
, the data on home furnishings underwent a considerable drop to 15% and became the least popular section bought online.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • accounted for
  • notable decrease
  • significant increase
  • steady growth
  • modest increase
  • sharp decline
  • percentage of online sales
  • retail sectors
  • pie charts
  • comparison
  • over the five-year period
  • largest share
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