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The pie charts below show the online shopping sales for retail sectors in California in 2010 and 2015.  Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

The given pie charts compare the trends in online retail shopping in California in 2015, compared to how it was in 2010.

Overall, when the online demand for food and beverages showed some stability, it varied in case of other goods.

As per the charts, food and beverage stuck to just over a half of the total online retail shopping in both the years, and that was 21% and 22% respectively. However, the highest growth  in the sales was recorded for electric and related appliances  between the years. From 27% in 2010, it  rose by 6% in 2015. Hike in the sales was also there for gift items and books, and this was from 7% to 11% and 4% to 7% respectively.

On the other hand, the worst loss in the demand was for video games. From 19% in 2010, the online retail sales of video games plunged to just 8% in 2015. Home furnishing sales also suffered a 3% downward growth in 2015 compared to a decent sale of 22% in 2010.

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