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

The bar chart provides information about the

proportion

of

businesses

purchasing items online

according to

industry in Great Britain from 2008 and 2012.

Overall

, it can be seen that the

proportion

of

businesses

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

businesses

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

proportion

of

businesses

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

businesses

used online purchasing in 2008 compared to more than

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half in 2012,

whereas

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

proportion

of

businesses

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