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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Vicky Shaw

Parents ‘expect to spend £85 on average in spring on children’s school supplies’

Back to school shopping is not ‘just a September moment,’ research for Rakuten indicated (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

The majority of parents of young children and teenagers use the spring months to stock up on school supplies – often because their offspring have outgrown the “back to school” items they previously purchased, a survey has found.

Nearly four-fifths (78%) of people said they use springtime to top up on school items, according to the survey of 2,000 parents across the UK of children aged four to 16 years old.

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