This could be the most expensive back-to-school shopping season ever, the National Retail Federation projects. Spending on the return to classes could surpass $135 billion, $24 billion more than ...

Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Americans are expected to spend record amounts on back-to-school and back to college this year, and they plan to do most of ...

Some aren't heading for an A+ in cost cutting. Retail forecasts expect that families could end up spending nearly $1,000 on their back-to-school shopping. Families with children in elementary ...

Back-to-school-shopping can be emotional, said Lupine Skelly, retail research leader at Deloitte, as no one wants to feel like they’re skimping on their kid’s education. “There’s also ...

As with many other retail sales “seasons,” formerly hard-and-fast dates about when back-to-school (BTS) selling starts — and perhaps more importantly, when it stops — have become more nebulous in ...

Families are feeling the back-to-school financial crunch. More than 3 in 4 parents, or 79%, believe that schools ask them to buy too much for the back-to-school season, according to a new study by ...

As summer comes to a close, back-to-school shopping enters full swing. American families with kids from elementary to high school are expected to spend an average of $875 on back-to-school items ...

Unlike survey-based numbers collected by the Census Bureau, the Retail Monitor uses actual, anonymized credit and debit card purchase data compiled by Affinity Solutions and does not need to be ...

"Back-to-school is the second biggest season for retailers and is often looked at as an early indicator of retail momentum ahead of the traditional holiday season," says Steve Sadove, senior ...