Examples of use of school sales
1. Sales at department and general merchandise stores edged up 0.3 percent in August, reflecting strong back–to–school sales.
2. The higher quarterly profit, which was in line with market expectations, was helped by strong back–to–school sales, the company said.
3. Separately, U.S. chain store sales fell in the final week of August, with back–to–school sales suffering from unusually warm weather, said Redbook Research, an independent company, in a report on Tuesday.
4. ATLANTA –– Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back–to–school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much–needed revenue.
5. School sales of sports drinks, diet sodas and bottled water have been on the rise in recent years, while sugary soft drink purchases by students have been falling, according to an ABA report released in December.