The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Australia in 2010 and 2015.

The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Australia in 2010 and 2015.
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pie graph illustrates information concerning the online shopping retail part(Electric&appliance, Food&Beverage, Home Furnishings, Video Games, Gift Items, and books) in Australia for the years 2010 and 2015. Looking at the
overall
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perspective, it is readily apparent that one of the popular items was
Electric&appliance
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part.
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,
books
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sales were the lowest percentage. A cursory glance at the data reveals that Electric&appliance was the biggest ratio and it was taking up 27%.
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, the part of Food&Beverage, Home&Furnishings, and Video Games indicated similar proportions in online shopping and sales for
retail
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sector. These ratios were accounting for 21%, 22%, and 19%, respectively.
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, another eye-catching feature is that Gift items and Books sections in online shopping were taking up small proportions of online shopping sales and these
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consisting of less than a quarter 7% and 4%, each.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportions" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • retail sectors
  • online shopping sales
  • growth trend
  • declined
  • remained stable
  • fastest-growing sectors
  • technological advancements
  • consumer behaviour
  • marketing strategies
  • market saturation
  • competition
  • consumer preferences
  • emerged
  • innovation
  • product/service offerings
  • spending habits
  • economic factors
  • social factors
  • technological factors
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