Sixty-three percent of consumers are planning to spend up to $500 on their back-to-school shopping this year, according to PriceGrabber’s 2012 Back-to-School Shopping Forecast Survey. Forty percent of consumers have plans to purchase a tablet or tech item for the students in their lives.
However, the pencil and notebook will not be replaced by these tech-product purchases. Classic school supplies, such as notebooks, pencils, binders, and clothing, top the consumer shopping list with 83 percent of consumers indicating that they will purchase these supplies. Seventy-nine percent of shoppers intend to do their shopping on the Internet, utilizing both classic and tech purchases for their child’s back-to-school list.
This post was originally written by Lindsay Gordon and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.
