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%.Submitted by mraha409 on
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