The two pie charts show online shopping sales for retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010.

The following two pie charts illustrate the proportions of online shopping

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for retail sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010.

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, the

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for every single retail sector increased over time, except for those for electronics and appliances. To start with, the retail

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of electronics and appliances in 2005 were 35% before dropping a little to 30% in 2010. In terms of food and beverage, the

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of

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type of goods clearly increased from 22% in 2005 to 32% in 2010. Regarding home furnishings, the percentage of the total

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dropped by 10% — from 25% in 2005 to 15% in 2010.

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, in 2005, video games weren't that popular

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that the purchase amount accounted for only at 18%.

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, in 2010, the purchases of video games rose by 5% — from 18% to 23% in five years’ time.