The two pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The two pie charts compare the proportion of online
sales
in four different retail sectors in the years 2005 and 2010. Overall
, the percentage of internet transactions in Electronics
& Appliance and Home Furnishings sectors decreased, Correct article usage
the Electronics
whereas
in Food
& Beverage and Video Games sections increased.
At 35% Electronics & Appliance had the majority of Correct article usage
the Food
sales
, however
, over the period of five years it has lost the lead by loosing
5% of Correct your spelling
losing
sales
. Therefore
, the most desired sector became Food & Beverage, which had only one fifth
of the purchases in 2005 and Add a hyphen
one-fifth
then
one third
in 2010, the exact increase was by 10%.
In 2005 people bought the least from Add a hyphen
one-third
Video
Games section, but over the years the proportion went up by 5% making it out of the Correct article usage
the Video
last
place. In 2005 Home Furnishings had an impressive one fourth
of all Add a hyphen
one-fourth
sales
, but by 2010 the percentage has
fallen by 10%. Wrong verb form
had
Therefore
, in 2010 the least
number of Correct word choice
lowest
sales
was in the section of Home Furnishings with only 15% of people spending their money on these products.Submitted by oimigle on
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