Back-to-School

Walmart Goes Back in Time With Back-to-School Prices
Walmart Goes Back in Time With Back-to-School Prices
July 10, 2023  |  Retail

Walmart is letting parents shop for the 2023 school year at 2022 prices. “With 80% of customers expecting to spend more on supplies this year, …we’re...

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Parents Up Back-to-School Spending Despite Inflation’s Hard Lessons
Parents Up Back-to-School Spending Despite Inflation’s Hard Lessons
June 29, 2023  |  Retail

A shaky economic landscape is no match for parents determined to discover back-to-school shopping bargains. That’s according to research released this week by commercial real...

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French Retailer Carrefour Freezes Prices on 100 ‘Everyday Essentials’
French Retailer Carrefour Freezes Prices on 100 ‘Everyday Essentials’
August 22, 2022  |  Retail

Saying it expanding its efforts to help its customers cope with inflation, French retailer Carrefour has frozen prices on 100 “everyday essential” products through Nov....

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Walmart Matches Target’s Back-to-School Blitz but Passes on Amazon’s Prime Day
Walmart Matches Target’s Back-to-School Blitz but Passes on Amazon’s Prime Day
July 07, 2022  |  Retail

Just one day after Target launched an early and expanded back-to-school promotion and Walmart has matched its rival’s offer with a student-linked sales campaign of its...

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Back-to-School, eCommerce Help Boost August Retail Sales by 0.7%
Back-to-School, eCommerce Help Boost August Retail Sales by 0.7%
September 16, 2021  |  Retail

U.S. consumer spending unexpectedly rose 0.7% in August, reversing a slump in July and defying concerns that a surge in COVID cases and business restrictions...

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Consumer Anxieties Pull Holiday Shopping Into Back-To-School Season
Consumer Anxieties Pull Holiday Shopping Into Back-To-School Season
August 20, 2021  |  Retail

Before the pandemic, if you can remember that long ago, there was a back-to-school shopping season and a holiday shopping season, and never the twain...

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Expanded Child Tax Credit Gives Retailers Hope Amid COVID Concerns
Expanded Child Tax Credit Gives Retailers Hope Amid COVID Concerns
August 11, 2021  |  Retail

With continuing labor shortages, tangled supply chains, increased costs and renewed concerns about COVID-19 because of the Delta variant, it would be easy to assume...

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Skechers ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Back-To-School As Sales Accelerate
Skechers ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Back-To-School As Sales Accelerate
July 23, 2021  |  Retail

Despite beating internal and Wall Street expectations in the second quarter, Skechers is emphasizing that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over and that the situation...

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Retailers Set For Another Unprecedented Holiday Season
Retailers Set For Another Unprecedented Holiday Season
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

It may be the dog days of summer, but retailers are already busy planning for a holiday season geared toward experiential, but less expensive, gifting....

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