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10%
10% -- back to school spend growth rate for US consumers (2003)
Consumers planned to spend 10% more on back-to-school items compared to the previous year.
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Value
10%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2003
Entity
Sample Size
1,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
America's Research Group
Primary
Tier A
https://americasresearchgroup.com/arg_predicts_big_back-to-school_season.html ↗
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American Research Group
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America's Research Group
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Methodology
National consumer survey of 1,000 people by America's Research Group, released July 10, 2003
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Industrymarketing
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US consumers: 10% back to school spend growth rate. Source: America's Research Group (2003). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/back-to-school-spend-increase-2003
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