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.

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.
The pie charts provide details about shopping online for
electronics
, home furnishings, video games, food and beverages in the years 2005 and 2010. Units are measured in percentages.
Overall
, the highest online
sales
were for
electronics
and appliances,
while
the lowest was for video games, but it increased towards the end of the year. Despite
this
, home furnishings experienced a downtrend in
sales
.
Initially
, the
sales
of
electronics
and appliances were the most popular accounting for more than one-third of expenditure, but
this
figure declined to 30%.
However
, the least popular online shopping in 2005 was for video games. The percentage of
sales
was 18% before it rose to 23% in 2010. The proportion of
sales
for home furnishings stood at about one-quarter in 2005 before it decreased to 15% in 2010.
However
, the
sales
of food and beverages surpassed
electronics
and appliances by the end of 2010 which was an increase of 10%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words electronics, sales with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • distribution
  • percentage
  • sector
  • sales figures
  • revenue
  • growth
  • decline
  • stable
  • significant
  • leading
  • least performing
  • comparison
  • trend
  • increase
  • decrease
  • online shopping
  • retail sectors
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