BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Western New York families are joining a nationwide trend of starting back-to-school shopping earlier this year, as parents look for ways to manage rising costs and find the best ...

Back-to-school shoppers are worried about the economy and tariffs and starting their shopping early, according to The National Retail Federation. Shoppers are also pulling back on some purchases for ...

Back to school brings the return of a dreaded parental task: getting the kids out of bed. But maybe the problem isn't them, rather how early we're asking them to get up. When the first bell rings at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Consumers are getting a jump on holiday shopping in order ...

The relations between adolescent sleep patterns and school start times have been the subject of research studies going back to the late 1980s. When I started this blog in 2012, one of my first posts ...