The pie charts compare the proportions of online retail
sales
across four sectors in Canada in 2005 and 2010.
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electronics
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beverage
became the leading retail sector five years later. Use synonyms
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electronics
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and
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appliances
and home furnishings declined.
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sales
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second,
accounting for 25%, followed by Linking Words
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beverage
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electronics
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appliances
fell slightly to 30%, it remained the second-largest category. Meanwhile, video games experienced moderate growth, increasing to 23%, Use synonyms
whereas
home furnishings recorded the sharpest decline, dropping by 10 percentage points to just 15%.Linking Words