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Next to the winter holidays, back-to-school is the largest shopping event in the U.S. Last year, total back-to-school spending was expected to reach $83.6 billion, the highest it’s been in half a decade.
Several new back-to-school shopping trends have emerged in recent years, including the fact that consumers no longer cram their shopping into the days leading up to the new school year. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), last year about 3 in 10 consumers planned to start shopping at least two months before school began — an increase of 22% over 2016.