The bar below illustrates the cost of British e-commerce sales made by industry sector from 2009 to 2015.
Overall, manufacturing as well as wholesome were the most dominating on the market place during all 6 years. Whereas, transport and storage, and information and commmunication were on less successful throughout the whole period.
Based on the statistics, wholesome sector was the most profitable over the period. A year 2014 witnessed a noticeable rise in sales from about 150 billion in 2009 to the high of more than 200 billion pounds in 2014. Subsequently, this number fell slightly with merely unber 200 billion in 2015. Manufaturing was the second most lucrative sector. The number escalated significantly from only around 120 billion to more than 150 in 2009 and 2015 respectively.
In contrast, transport and storage as well as information and communication were among the least dominanting in the industry. The first one equelled merely under 50 billion in 2009 and since then it rose slightly up to about 48 billion in 2015. While we could see the relatively gradual escalation of sales in transport and storage, the figure for information and communication was obviously was unsteady. Starting with round 25 billions in 2009, the level of sales fluctuated up to approximately 30 billion pounds in 2015.