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Making The Grade [Infographic]

The back-to-school shopping season is winding down. Parents are completing purchases that include must-have items for the school year, such as notebooks, paper and electronics. However, students venturing off to college have different and more expensive items on their shopping lists. In fact, parents of college students expect to spend approximately $907 this year, according to survey results from Deloitte. But to help stretch their budgets, 88% of parents said their college students will buy more used textbooks or rent textbooks. This infographic, courtesy of Deloitte, shares other “back-to-college” shopping trends and predictions for 2013.

 

The back-to-school shopping season is winding down. Parents are completing purchases that include must-have items for the school year, such as notebooks, paper and electronics. However, students venturing off to college have different and more expensive items on their shopping lists. In fact, parents of college students expect to spend approximately $907 this year, according to survey results from Deloitte. But to help stretch their budgets, 88% of parents said their college students will buy more used textbooks or rent textbooks. This infographic, courtesy of Deloitte, shares other “back-to-college” shopping trends and predictions for 2013.

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