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The online shopping sales for retail sectors

The online shopping sales for retail sectors E396L

The pie charts compare the internet sales of four retail sectors in Canada between two years, 2005 and 2010. Overall, there was a significant change in total sales of four sectors, in terms of online sales. While the figures for video games and food and beverage saw an increase, the proportion of other two sectors decreased. Looking at the details, in 2005, the percentage of internet sales of video games was 18%, but this rose by 5%, to 23% in 2010. The figures for food and beverage sector also witnessed a dramatic increase, from 22% to 32% over a five – year period. In contrast, the proportion of other two sectors went in the opposite direction. What stands out from the graph is that the most significant fall was in home ans furnishings sector. This figure was 25% in 2005, then fell to only 15% in 2010. In the mean time, the percentage of internet sales of electronics and appliance sector also experienced a decrease, from 35% in 2005 to 30% in 2010.

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