Turmoil, Deals and Sociability

3 Predictions
Here are three predictions for the upcoming holiday season:

Prediction No. 1: Affluent consumers are now budget-conscious shoppers. Comparing the 2009 holiday season vs. the 2010 holiday season, the fastest-growing categories of sites in our Retail 500 Index — which includes the top 500 visited online retail sites — were comparison shopping sites, daily-deal sites and websites for large multichannel retailers.