Back-to-school shopping can be an excellent opportunity ... their children with a specific amount of money for supplies and clothing and have them determine how best to spend it.

This back-to-school season ... because "whether you're shopping for textbooks, electronics or clothing, you'll pay less this way than if you were to buy the item brand new," said CNBC Select.

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BY KARLA WENNERSTROM [email protected] “Imagine you’re a mom whose two boys have outgrown their clothing from last winter (as boys tend to do) and you come to the PROP Shop to see ...

Like many families, ours has been busy with back to school prep and school shopping over the last couple weekends. We mostly bought clothes, supplies, and notebooks. My kids said they didn’t ...

“Back-to-school shopping is continuing to start earlier than it has in recent years,” said David Naumann, vice president of marketing at Boston Retail Partners. “This year, shoppers began ...

The back-to-school shopping season is looking very different ... consider setting up a swap of gently used clothing, backpacks and other school supplies with other families in your neighborhood ...

It’s never too early (or too late) to start thinking through back to school fashion. And ... if you can find a retro version at a thrift shop. Anna Rosa Vitiello, Jeanette Madsen, Emili Sindlev ...

CNBC Select analyzed a variety of credit cards that can help you optimize back-to-school shopping for electronics, supplies, clothing, groceries and more. Best for electronics: Capital One Venture ...

Set a budget for back-to-school shopping before you go to stores ... And for items we don’t test, such as clothing, there are plenty of online tools, including Google Shopping, that aggregate ...