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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.

Write at least 150 words.

Model Answer

The pies chats illustrate the online sales for retail sectors, divided by four categories, in Canada from 2005 to 2010.

Overall,it can be seen that Electronics & Appliance held 35% which was the highest online sales in the given period. However, it dropped 5% after 5 years to 30%. Similarly, Home Furnishings was the second popular category in Canada with 25% but it fell 10% to 15% in 2010.

In term of Food & Beverage, there were a significant increase with 10%, from 22% to 32%, between 2005 and 2010. It is noticeable that Food & Beverage had become the top online sales retail sectors in Canada in 2010, while, Electronics & Appliance had 30% which had become the second famous online sales.

With regards to Video games, as many Canadians chose to purchase games from the internet over the period, the sales was increased gradually by 5% from 18% to 23% from 2005 to 2010.