The pie chart above illustrates online shopping sales for retail sectors in New Zealand between 2003 and 2013. The retail sectors include a variety of items such as travel, film/music, books, and clothes, represented in percentages. According to the chart, sales of travel and clothes decreased, while sales of film/music and books increased over the ten-year period.
In 2003, consumers in New Zealand showed the most interest in travel and clothes, at 36% and 24% respectively. However, by 2013, interest in these categories had declined, with online sales of travel and clothes dropping to 29% and 16% respectively.
Conversely, there was a growing fascination among New Zealanders for film/music and books. Over the same ten-year span, online sales of film/music and books increased from 21% and 19% in 2003 to 33% and 22% in 2013.
In summary, over the ten-year period from 2003 to 2013, the highest percentages of online sales were in travel and film/music categories. While sales of travel and clothes declined, sales of film/music and books saw an increase by 2013.
