Inflation looms large in this year’s back-to-school shopping season. With inflation driving a 9.1 percent increase in consumer prices, National Retail Federation (NRF) president and CEO Matthew Shay ...

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U.S. shoppers began back-to-school shopping earlier than ever this year Families spending $128B on school and college needs in 2025 Parents turn to discount retailers, AI tools, buy-now-pay-later ...

America parents headed into back-to-school shopping season knowing they would have to shop smarter, work harder, and seek help from all available AI agents to make their dollars stretch farther. Now, ...

It’s certainly not easy for me to acknowledge that summer is nearing its end and that a new school year is upon us, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. I don’t know about you, but I’m always ...

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Parents often spend hundreds of dollars each year on back-to-school clothing and supplies. Coupons, secondhand purchases and ...

Sending a freshman off to college is almost always an expensive endeavor, but the latest viral trend is taking back-to-school shopping to the next level. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Color-coded folders and notebooks. A fresh stash of pens and pencils. A new outfit. Millions of American students from preschool through college, and their (often) bankrolling parents, back-to-school ...

As if higher education wasn’t costly enough, there’s also the back-to-school shopping of it all — which is exciting, of course, but can also get pricey pretty quick when you’re outfitting a full dorm ...