Band 8+: The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in New Zealand in 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The given pie charts provide data about the proportion of online sales by different retail sectors in New Zealand in two separate years.

From an overall perspective, it is evident that the proportion of clothes and travel showed a downward trend, whereas a reverse pattern could be observed in the figures of others that had an upward trend over the ten-year period shown.

Out of four sectors, the online sales of travel industries in New Zealand in 2003 accounted for the highest proportion at 36%, followed by a slight decrease to 29% in 2013. Similarly, clothes sales experienced a huge decline of approximately 8% from 24% to 16% over a ten-year period.

On the other hand, film and music sales were in the third position with 21% before undergoing a remarkable growth to 33% in 2013 and becoming the most popular sector. Also, book purchases made up the lowest amount of online sales at 19% in 2003 but had advanced their sales with an overall increase by almost 3% at the end of the period.