Making the Grade: Back to School 2013
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Making the Grade: Back to School 2013
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average spending of K-12 parents on back-to-school apparel, school supplies and electronics $689
Source: NRF “2012 Back-to-School Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey” conducted by BIGResearch, July 2012
$30.3B estimated spending on grades K-12
among US consumers in 2012
Back to school is the second biggest consumer spending event and hit an all-time high in 2012
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Apparel & accessories topped 2012 anticipated spending Consumer anticipated spending on BTS shopping, by segment, July 2012
Source: Mintel/NRF/BIG Insight, “Consumer Intentions & Actions Survey,” 2012 *Note: The above figure does not reflect the actual retail sales, but provides insights on shoppers’ anticipated spending for back to school
Clothing & accessories
36%
Computers & electronics
31%
Shoes 19%
School supplies
14%
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Discount stores top the list for anticipated purchase channels
Anticipated retail channels for purchasing BTS items, July 2012
Source: Mintel/NRF/BIG Insight, “Consumer Intentions & Actions Survey,” 2012
8.2%
14.4%
22.7%
26.3%
39.6%
42.0%
52.0%
59.9%
67.1%
Catalog
Thrift store/resale shop
Drug store
Electronics store
Online
Office supplies store
Clothing store
Department store
Discount store
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Both online and in-store total retail sales were up Y/Y during back-to-school season 2012
Source: MasterCard Spending Pulse™ Y/Y% change based on 7/1 – 9/30 data and does not account for change in number of weekend days Y/Y, etc.
+15% Online retail sales
+4% In-store retail sales
Y/Y growth Q3 2011 to Q3 2012
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Five key insights for Back to School 2013
Back to school shoppers are undecided
Consumers are shopping for themselves, too
Tech products are the highest priority for BTS shoppers
Device usage is blurring: consumers take a multi-device path to purchase
Video is the new TV
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1. Back to school shoppers are undecided
Source: Mintel, Base 905 parents/guardians aged 18+ with internet access living with children enrolled in K-12 who bout back to school items in Fall 2012 *How much do you agree with the following statements, **”Which if any did you do this Fall 2012 to save money on back to school items for your child?”
72% prefer to research what back-to-school supplies, electronics and apparels child need then look for sales before buying More than 1 in 4 compared prices online/mobile before purchasing in store 1 in 4 researched and compared prices online before purchasing online
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2. Consumers shop for themselves
4 In 10 are shopping for themselves this back-to-school season
Base: Plan to make back-to-school purchases (n=550) Q: For which of the following people do you plan to shop for this back-to-school season? Select all that apply. Source: Google Back-To-School 2012 Survey, conducted by Ipsos in March 2012.
44%
32%
27%
19%
12%
12%
Myself
An elementary or grade school-aged child
A high school-aged child
Someone else in my household
A nursery or preschool-aged child
A college-aged child
Who shoppers plan to buy for this BTS season
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And shoppers who plan to buy for themselves are valuable Average amount shoppers plan to spend on:
Base: Floating. Plan to purchase for specific group (n=64-243) Q: Thinking about all the shopping you plan to do for back-to-school items, approximately how much in total do you plan to spend on each of the following people? Select one for each. Source: Google Back-To-School 2012 Survey, conducted by Ipsos in March 2012.
Nursery or pre-school children
Elementary or grade school children
High school children College students Myself
$206
$286 $471
$501 $383
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3. Tech products are the highest priority for back to school shoppers
“Dramatic changes in the technology landscape and the prevalence of technology in the classroom have altered the way BTS shoppers research and make purchases, and have also impacted what shoppers consider to be essential school supplies. As tablet computers and similar devices take a more prominent role in delivering education, retailers of traditional school supplies may feel a decrease in the demand for ‘old-school’ supplies such as notebooks and pens.”
Source: Ika Erwina, Apparel, Retail, and Technology Analyst, Mintel
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Continue on a PC/Laptop
61% Continue on
a Tablet
4%
Continue on a Tablet
5%
Continue on a PC/Laptop
10%
61% Start on a Smartphone
11% Start on a Tablet
25% Start on a PC/Laptop
Continue on a Smartphone
19%
4. Consumers take a multi-device path to purchase
Base: Have Started Activity on One Device & Continued on Another (1455); Shopping (969). Q. For the activities listed below, think about the last time you started each activity on one device and then continued or finished the same activity on another device. Please select which device you started and then continued on. If you have not done this, select “I have not done this”.
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5. Video is the new TV
55% 50%
46% 44% 41%
#1 for 18–34 reach (All cable nets)
Source: Nielsen, March 2013
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And time spent online is now equal to TV
Source: Forrester Research, 2012, “Understanding The Changing Needs Of The US Online Consumer.”
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TV Internet Radio Newspapers Magazines
Hours spent in a typical week by media format
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