Consumers Plan to Reel In Their Holiday Spending

* 60.1 percent of females said they plan to spend less this year than last year vs. 39.9 percent of males;

* 91 percent of the respondents said they regularly or occasionally use the Web to research products online;

* electronics is the most popular product category researched online (43.3 percent), followed by apparel (22.9 percent), appliances (22.9 percent), home improvement (19.4 percent) and shoes (19 percent); and