aNewDomain — Last year, Deloitte asked 1,000 Americans about what they bought before school to started. The survey revealed back to school spending habits in detail. The infographic below serves as a pretty good predictive guide for the 2014-2014 school year, which begins in most states in mid to late August. Here are the surprising and not-so-surprising stats.
Infographic: Deloitte, via Visual.ly
What’s changed since you were in school? For me, it’s that back to school spending overwhelmingly takes place at Walmart and other discount stores — not Publix or Walgreens — and that today’s students are more influenced by other kids than they are by TV, supply-wise at least. Wish I’d listened to someone before I bought that dreaded Mr. T lunchbox. But that’s a long, sad story for another time …
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