The pie chart illustrates the proportion of online revenue generated by various retail industries in the U.S. for 2005 and 2010. Overall, gadgets & home appliances and edible goods were recorded as the highest online sales figures among all retail sectors in both years, with electronic devices & home appliances were the top purchased items in 2005, whilst edible goods were placed as the highest selling items in 2010.
Two biggest retail sectors in 2005 were electronics & household appliances and culinary products, with online sales proportion of 35% and 22% respectively. However, food & beverages increased their shares to 32% in 2010, electronics & appliances had a decrease of 5% to 30%. This resulted in switching of share position for both items in 2010.
The remaining two retail goods were house furnitures and video games. Home furnishing had a quarter of the total in 2005, but fell by 10% in 2010. While, gaming software went from the smallest share in 2005 to the third largest in 2010, achieving a percentage of 23%.