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How Back-to-School Is Changing
Back-to-school looks different this year. In the U.S., there’s no one way that schools are opening. Some school districts have already confirmed they’ll be going fully virtual for the fall. Others are planning to open, though only two of the country’s 10 largest school districts meet epidemiologists’ agreed-upon goal of having daily infection rates of less than 5%. As each state finalizes its fall plans, one thing is clear: remote learning will play a major role in kids going back to school this fall. From a retail perspective, that means unprecedented changes in back-to-school shopping habits. Here’s what we anticipate seeing in the sector.
Katherine Plumhoff
July 30, 2020
