Back-to-School College Edition

1. Back to school College edition

2. Back to School is the second biggest consumer spending event and hit an all-time high in 2012. • $30.3 Billion • $688 was the average spending for back-to-school clothing and supplies • Back-to-school combined with back-to-college spending will reach: 72.5 Billion This Year

3. Online retail sales 2012 15% 4%

4. Back to school shoppers are undecided • Consumers are shopping for them selves • Consumers are taking a multi-device platform for purchase. • 61% start on smartphone • Then continue on PC/Laptop

5. One thing to remeber • Back to school shoppers are undecided • More than 1 in 4 compared prices online/mobile before • 72% prefer to research what back-to-school supplies, electronics and apparels child needs

6. List of basic supplies • Laptop • Colleges and universities around the country are making it a must have for college students. • It is the most expensive supply college students need to get for school

7. planner • It is of UTMOST importance that your adolescent maintain his/her academic planner– academic planners teach students time management skills.

8. Binders • Binders are a must for college students • Each binder should be reserved for a specific class t” should be reserved for a specific class • Encourage diligent note taking • Students who take good notes do a better job at listening during class • Good notes give students a better starting point for studying • Students should read over the notes he/she took everyday before class

9. Color Ball pens & highlighters • Color-coding, hi-lighting, and underlining are important habits for your high schooler to acquire when reading important school-related material • Benefits of color-coding: • Improves study morale • Studies show that students who study color coded material score higher than students who study conventional black and white formats • Color coded material means fewer eye fixations, which means that studying becomes a much more fluid and enjoyable process

10. Pocket folders • To transport all homework, creative writing brilliance, and everything in between! • It’s useful to color code pocket folders according to subject • For instance: • Green= Earth Science; Yellow= Trigonometry; Etc.

11. Ti 83 + calculator • A graphing calculator is a necessity for students who will engage in more serious math subjects like algebra and trigonometry. • Don’t let your high schooler convince you that the graphing calculator apps on his/her smart phone are acceptable. Most teachers find the usage of cell phones absolutely unacceptable and insist upon graphing calculators instead.

12. Flash drive • Flash drives are a crucial item for studentsto own. Flash drives enable students to work on the same project both at home or various locations across campus. • While online software systems, like Dropbox, provide services that are similar to that of a flash drive, flash drives provide extra assurance to students, since it guarantees that all of his/her assignments will be in on time.

13. pencils • Testing usually requires the use of a #2 pencils. Do NOT have your student be without one!

14. Hand sanitizer • Nearly 22 million days of school are missed annually due to the common cold • A case control study of 6,080 schools reported that those who enforced classroom-dispensed instant hand sanitizer at specific times throughout the day experienced 20% fewer absences due to illness

15. Shoplet is the leading purely online office supply retailer. Founded in 1994, Shoplet is one of the original e-marketplaces. • We specialize in everything and everything back-to-school as well as office supplies, break room supplies, and cleaning and maintenance equipment.