The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in New Zealand in 2003 and 2013. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in New Zealand in 2003 and 2013. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The pie graphs illustrate the proportion of four different types of online shopping sales in four different sectors comprising travel, movies/audio, books and costumes in New Zealand in two years, 2003 and 2013.
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it is clear that
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the travel sector was interesting to individuals.
However
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, in the next ten years, citizens were intrigued by film and music.
To begin
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with, the travel online sales in the year 2003, occupied more than one-third and came in first place. Followed by clothes
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film and music which accounted for 24% and 21% respectively,
besides
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, the online sales of the books sector registered only 19% in 2003.
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, after 10 years, the 1st/2nd
as well as
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3rd/4th place were swapped. The fraction in
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tourism dramatically dropped to 29% and it was surpassed by movies and audio which arrived at 33%. The percentage of the reading was in third place and minimally escalated by 3%.
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, garments overwhelmingly nosedived by 8% in the
last
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year of record.
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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Retail sectors
  • Online shopping sales
  • Market share
  • E-commerce
  • Growth trend
  • Significant change/increase/decrease
  • Percentage points
  • Consumer behavior
  • Shopping patterns
  • Revenue
  • Electronic goods
  • Clothing and footwear
  • Health and beauty products
  • Digital downloading
  • Leisure and personal goods
  • Sector analysis
  • Year-over-year comparison
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