The growth trend in online shoppers and online retail sales
A)didn't begin to show promise until 2011 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 2016.
D)grew slowly for the first three years,spiked dramatically in 2006-2007,but is expected to slow just as dramatically due to the economic downturn since 2008.
E)grew slowly for the first three years,but has steadily declined since 2011,and is expected to continue to decline for the foreseeable future.

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According to various reports, online shoppers and online retail sales have been showing growth year after year since the early 2000s. This growth trend is expected to continue until at least 2016. There may have been some fluctuations in growth rates and the impact of the economic downturn since 2008, but the overall trend has been upward.

The Growth Trend in Online Shoppers and Online Retail Sales