Get Rich Slowly outlines plenty of ways to save money on your back-to-school shopping. My kids aren’t quite at the school age yet, but I still found this post interesting. I’ll definitely be revisiting this post in the future, when back-to-school shopping is on the agenda. The following quotes were quite surprising to me:

According to the National Retail Federation, we’ll spend $68.8 billion outfitting our students for school this year. Yes, I said $68.8 billion. Sounds like a lot of money, right? But the NRF actually considers this “flat.”

The NRF notes that families with kids in elementary and secondary school spend an average of $603, and parents of college students fork over about $808. This includes clothing and electronics as well as notebook paper.

via Frugal Back-to-School Shopping | Get Rich Slowly.