The two pie charts compare the percentages of online sales across different retail sectors in Canada in two different years, 2005 and 2010.
Overall, the online sales of electronic items and home furnishing dropped, however, the craze for food and video games increased during the five years.
To begin with, in 2005, the majority of online sales accounted for the electronics and appliance sector at 35%, however, this percentage had dropped to 30% by 2010. During the same five-year period, the number of people deciding to buy food and beverages online increased and the transactions went from just 22% to 32%, making it the retail sector with the largest proportion of the online market.
In 2005, the home furnishing industry boasted an impressive 25% of the total online sales in Canada. However, by 2010, the figure had fallen considerably to 15%. Interestingly, online sales of video games eventually overtook sales of home furnishing, although video games still represented only 23% of the marke
