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The figures below compare the number of internet users in several European nations as well as the
prevalence of online shopping in these countries.
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What: The number of Internet The given table and the pie chart illustrate the number of Internet
users in 5 European nations utilizers over the period from 1995 to 2004 and the popularity of online
- The popularity of online shopping in the year 2004 in some European countries namely
shopping in 2004 Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain and the UK. (42)
- Overview: Trend: Increase Overall, all mentioned nations experienced a common rise in the number
France: the most popular of people indulging on the Internet over the given period. While
Th UK&Spain: no figures illustrated shopping online was the most popular in France, no figures for sales in
the UK and Spain were illustrated. (46)
- The UK: Start at 16m in 1995, Regarding the table, the Internet had been popular in Britain since 1995
grew slightly to 22, before with a numerous 16 million users, outnumbering the figure for Germany
rocketing to 41m in 2004 with five million then rocketing to 41 million in 2004, over two-fold the
- Germany: 5m in 1995, over number of users in other mentioned countries in the same year.
2fold other countries Interestingly, Switzerland and France had approximately the same
- Interestingly, numbers at under 7 million people, ranked third and fourth respectively;
Switzerland&France was similar whereas the lowest figures belonged to Spain, with only two million in
Spain: the lowest 2004. (79)
- France dominated Based on the pie graph, it is clear that e-commerce in France dominated
- Switzerland & Germany came as it accounted for nearly a half of the total sales. with nearly a half`
next Switzerland and Germany came next. However, the figures for the two
- The figures for the 2 remaining remaining countries including the UK and Spain were absent. (48)
countries (UK&Spain) were
absent