Price will rise to 1000$, more stores will accept them as payment, and more people will know about them
More stores accepting Bitcoin payments doesn't mean the price will go up. We need more people to bring in fresh money. That's how we make the price go up.
I mean, yeah in a way that's valid... but I think it's more reasonable to say that I think miners are continually dumping into the "fresh money" that's already coming into bitcoin to keep their miners running. So it needs to be said that it needs to be "Fresh money" > BTC's being dumped by miners to make a profit.
But people are starting to fear what the future of Bitcoin is I think. They are unsure if the problems that face bitcoin right now are ever going to be fixed... especially before the halving comes. There's just tons of uncertainty, which isn't good for the price.
But, people like to come on here, sit back, and just say that merchants will just all the sudden decide to accept Bitcoin in 2016... this isn't the case. People on here and elsewhere will need to actively promote Bitcoin to merchants and explain why it is a better alternative than paypal and other forms of payment... which is difficult when trying to compare why Bitcoin is better than, lets say, Visa.