The Growth Trend in Online Shoppers and Online Retail Sales

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.