It's July 14th and somehow we're in a back to school shopping mood. According to the Sun-Times families will be spending about 7 percent less on back to school items this year. Except for college student families, they will increase their spending.
I don't know how researchers know this, the paper did not say which research group did this survey, but after being in a Wal Mart yesterday, battling my way past many parents and kids who, with school lists in hand, were digging through the bins of paper, pencils, markers, notebooks, crayons, Kleenex and whatever I doubt the claim. The bins were already half empty.
And, the story claims that over 20 percent of school families will get their school supplies in drug stores. Drug stores? I find that hard to believe.
Drug stores, if they want to call them that..CVS, Walgreens, etc. They offer many bargains/specials...I'm sure just to get you in the store to buy other things that are not on special. I still don't consider them drug stores, even though they have pharmacies!
Posted by: joyful 1 | July 15, 2009 at 09:44 AM