“This year is a little different”: Parents trying to save money this year for back-to-school shopping
It’s that time of the year again, we’re talking back to school shopping. And this year, marking those items off the list may come with a higher price tag.
“This is going to be the most expensive year on record for back-to-school shopping,” Cailey Locklair, President of the Maryland Retailers Association, said. “Deloitte, that does a study every year about back to school shopping and how consumers are feeling, they did a survey that found that almost 60% of back-to-school shoppers are concerned about inflation.”
“School supply is like one of those things, it’s like car insurance; you gotta have them in order to help a student succeed he or she needs those essential supplies to start the school year with,” Bill Chambers, President and CEO of Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, said.
In fact, families with children in elementary through high school plan to spend an average of $864 on school items this year, according to the National Retail Federation.
