The Growth Trend in Online Shoppers and Online Retail Sales

question 127

Multiple Choice

The growth trend in online shoppers and online retail sales

• A)didn't begin to show promise until 2007 when online security measures improved.
• B)grew rapidly during 2003-2005 and then declined sharply when the "dot.com bubble" burst in 2006.
• C)has shown growth in both online shoppers and online retail sales year after year,and is expected to continue in that direction until 2015.
• D)grew slowly for the first three years,spiked dramatically in 2008-2009,but is expected to slow just as dramatically due to the economic downturn since 2010.
• E)grew slowly for the first three years,but has steadily declined since 2007,and is expected to continue to decline for the foreseeable future.

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