BLOG: Best Shopping Websites
By Jim Donovan: Just in time for the holiday shopping season, ShopSmart magazine has published its first annual list of the best shopping sites.
The list, which is published in the December 2010 issue ShopSmart, from the publisher of Consumer Reports, is broken down into five categories including Clothing & Accessories, Foodie Stuff, Home Décor; Shoes, and Everything Else.
"At ShopSmart, we are constantly scouring the Web for the best shopping sites, whether they offer great bargains, a fantastic selection, or stellar customer service," said Lisa Lee Freeman, editor-in-chief of ShopSmart. "We've looked at thousands of sites, and shopped at plenty of them ourselves. These 40 are our favorites, and they've all been vetted to meet our strict standards."
Every site mentioned within the pages of ShopSmart magazine is evaluated to make sure that it has a posted privacy policy, visible contact information, readily available customer service, and that if they share your information with a third party that customers can opt out. To come up with the final list of ShopSmart's favorite sites all of the editors, designers, art directors and photo editors weighed in with their standout choices.
ShopSmart's Favorite Shopping Sites of 2010
Clothing & Accessories
Anntaylorloft.com
Anthropologie.com
Athleta.com
Bananarepublic.com
Gilt.com
Landsend.com
Like.com
Titlenine.com
Urbanoutfitters.com
Victoriassecret.com
Foodie stuff
Surlatable.com
Williams-sonoma.com
Home décor & more
Allmodern.com
Areahome.com
Ballarddesigns.com
Chiasso.com
Crateandbarrel.com
Garnethill.com
Ikea.com
Peacockalley.com
Plowandhearth.com
Potterybarn.com
Restorationhardware.com
Unisonhome.com
Westelm.com
Zgallerie.com
Shoes
6pm.com
Endless.com
Ninewest.com
Shoesofprey.com
Everything Else
Alibris.com (books)
Alice.com (everyday household stuff like paper products)
Amazon.com
Apple.com (computers and more)
Case-mate.com (cellphone cases)
eBay.com
Etsy.com (handmade items)
Petco.com (pets)
Sephora.com (cosmetics and personal-care products)
Target.com
For more information visit: www.ShopSmartmag.org
