The pie charts illustrate the average online shopping sales in terms of six categories in two years, 2010 and 2015 in Australia.
Overall, it can be seen that in both years, electronics and appliances were the most common category in the online retail sector compared to the others. Another noticeable trend is that the share of video games experienced a significant decrease.
In 2010, the highest percentage was electic and appliances, accounting for 27% of the total sales, while in 2015, the figure for this category was 33%. The share of food and beverage, and home furnishings were almost the same, at 21% and 22%, respectively. Meanwhile, in 2015, the rate of sales stood at 22% and 19%. Video game sales accounted for 19% in 2010, while it witnessed a dramatic decline to 8% in 2015.
In terms of gift items, in 2010, this category made up 7%, and it rose slightly by 4% in 2015. In both years, the smallest proportion of sales was on books. In 2010, this accounted for 4%, while in 2015, it represented 7%.