Robert DiClemente, senior United States economist at Citigroup, said it was still too early to expect a shift.
He says he doesn't expect to see a big change this year, but he's expecting a shift next year, and into the future.
We can expect a shift away from the lionizing of fancy restaurants, for example, and toward more use of public libraries.
In the McLaren, Pre-Cog is a system that lets the driver ready the next gear for immediate engagement by pulling part way on the shift paddle, tipping off the transmission whether to expect a shift up or down.
So, expect a shift from passive, transactional consumerism towards customers having more creative control — arguably smart in the age of Web 2.0, where people expect a say on just about everything.
A sophisticated horse, used to the delicate physical language of an expert rider, expects a shift of weight in the saddle and slight pressure from a leg to mean something.
In these times of economic crisis and rising unemployment, one would expect a shift to parties that promise, in the words of the French Socialists, "une Europe protectrice," a Europe that protects her citizens from the vagaries of globalization.
Nevertheless, some policy makers and analysts in Brussels and Berlin expect a shift in economic policy, especially if the Social Democrats or the Greens take a role in a coalition.
Bob Gett, the chief executive of Viant, said that even though his company had been expecting a shift in the market, it came so suddenly that Viant had not had time to react to the changing nature of the demand.
