Seven Ways to Save on Back-to-School Clothes

Parents are cutting back on back-to-school clothing – recycling last year's duds and wresting back control of spending decisions from their kids. The survey firm America's Research Group (ARG) spoke with consumers in May and virtually no one was thinking about spending less for back-to-school. Now that figure is 24.2 percent. Over half of parents say they will try to get their children to wear last year's clothes, and only 9 percent of parents expect to spend more on shoes this year – the...