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.
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The pie charts illustrate the proportion of online sales in four different retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010.
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, there were noticeable changes in the distribution of online sales across the sectors over the five-year period. Food & Beverage were overtaking Electronics & Appliances to become the largest category in 2010. Meanwhile, Home Furnishings and Video Games showed contrasting trends, with the former declining and the latter increasing. Food & Beverage saw the most substantial increase, rising from 22% in 2005 to 32% in 2010, making it the largest contributor to online sales by the end of the period. Electronics & Appliances, which at the start accounted for the largest segment in 2005, experienced a decline to 30% in 2010, causing it to lose its top spot to Food & Beverage. Home Furnishings experienced the sharpest drop, decreasing from 25% in 2005 to 15% in 2010, making it the smallest sector by the end of the period.
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, Video Games steadily increased in share, making up
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23% and overtaking Home Furnishings to become a more prominent sector in 2010.
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  • 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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