The chart below shows the proportion of business making e-commerce purchases by industry in Great Britain between 2008 and 2012.

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purchasing items online

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industry in Great Britain from 2008 and 2012.

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, it can be seen that the

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in e-commerce purchases across the years and sectors varied with the practice being most popular in the information and communications industry. In the information and communications sector, the was a greater of

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involved just over 60% in 2008 than in the other sectors with a rise to just under 70% in 2012, including a peak of about 75% in 2011. The

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involved in purchases online in the retail sector followed a similar pattern, from 33% in 2008 in comparison with about 58% in 2012. Just under 25% of construction

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used online purchasing in 2008 compared to more than

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half in 2012,

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in the wholesale industry, the rise was much smaller from just over 40% to about 60%. As regards manufacturing, there was a nearly 100% increase in the

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purchasing online from about 35% to about 55% in 2012 with a peak of about 58% in 2012.