Some Good News: Back-to-School Shopping Lists Getting Longer

Beleaguered school districts are asking parents to send their kids to school with garbage bags, plastic cutlery and even toilet paper.

Retail Sales Up, But Shoppers Still Skittish

Aggressive back-to-school promotions paid off for retailers in July with an unadjusted 3.1% boost in sales year-over-year, the National Retail Federation reports. But even that good news was tempered, according to an NRF spokesman. “Household spending remains tepid amid concerns about economic stability,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said in a release. “Current data on [...]

Looking Ahead to the Back-to-School Season

Although perhaps not dramatically, the back-to-school season is expected to give independent retailers a lift, according to a report coming out of the Reuters Consumer and Retails Summit in New York.

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