Tuesday back to the triple
digits.
Caroline, thank you. Summer is
in full swing, but it’s never too early to get a head start
too early to get a head start
on back-to-school shopping.
Joining us this morning to talk
more about everything back to
school for students, parents
and teachers, chief business
officer of shipped rehearsed.
Bring a good morning. How are you doing?
you doing?
>> Good morning. I’m so well,
Harry over great.
>> And there’s nothing like
getting all that stuff
delivered All right. We’re
getting the start of the summer
La. Why is this too early to start thinking about back to
start thinking about back to
school? Are we right? Is the
right the right time?
>> You know what? It’s a great question. I think is the
question. I think is the
absolute right and it we went
out and we surveyed, as you
said, parents, teachers and
caregivers can be found.
That is 3rd of those folks are
already starting their back to
school. Back to college shopping in the month of July.
shopping in the month of July.
And the reason is it’s, you
know.
Crazy to go from kind of the
fun of summer into a routine and why not get ahead of take
and why not get ahead of take
advantage of all the great
deals that are going on in the
month of July to lot of deals
out there right now and also
take advantage of fact, there’s a lot of inventory out there.
a lot of inventory out there.
We know as we get closer to
those days and weeks before,
sometimes you can find
everything you need and what
better way to think about getting ready for the craziness
getting ready for the craziness
of the new season and
leveraging a great service like
ships to get everything
delivered to your door in as
little as an hour.
>> Yeah, we would always way
too long when I was a kid back,
we had to walk into the department’s findings and by
department’s findings and by
the time it was late August all
the fall, winter clothing would
have replaced the summer stuff.
And you can start school with 210 degrees outside in both the
210 degrees outside in both the
the corduroy after keepers.
What happened?
>> Started out when the ship to
Seville their all to most
schools, school shopping guide
will kind of info. We’re going
to find in that. And while it may come back to school a
may come back to school a
little bit easier.
>> I love that. So we surveyed
thousands of folks in in those
days and that data we found a couple good. Interesting
couple good. Interesting
nuggets I want to share with
you today. The first is that
kids are number one item that
we’re everyone is buying this
year are pens and pencils. I know that sounds so obvious.
I know that sounds so obvious.
But beyond just stocking up and
getting those take. Teachers
came back and said, hey, your
students are actually running
out of these and pretty early
in the year. So I tip this
year’s not only to get those pens and pencils get them early
pens and pencils get them early
as you can get them on, give
give them on sale. That stock
up buy-in replenishment stocks
you can head into the school year with all of those writing
year with all of those writing
utensils, you need to be
successful.
>> What are some other
in-demand products, I or maybe
something pens and pencils.
We know we always need what
else is on this list.
>> So top items this year, we
found our Elmer’s Blue sticks,
Crayola crayons, five-star no
bugs, kind of some of those
basics raid that everyone
needs. But the interesting
thing here is 80% of parents
is that buying all the supplies
are also buying their kids in a backpack. I know for my kids,
a backpack. I know for my kids,
I’m I’m a mom of 2. Buying a
new backpack is the old Summit
moment. A back-to-school
shopping have a lot of
opinions. We have a lot of
negotiations over colors and
characters but gets them
excited about the season as we
see a lot of parents picking
those up this year. Now for
those heading back to college
couple key things we’re seeing
9 out of 10 college students
are buying a tablet.
In about 50% of picking up a
mini fridge. Now parents of
your by your kids, a mini fridge for college. We highly
fridge for college. We highly
recommend you throw in the
ship’s membership. On top of
that. Why that chill that
fridge up with the food you want the meeting or is the food
want the meeting or is the food
they may be choosing to to eat
where the average is in the
ABA everything. Kind of stores
and products and shoppers
choose from and now quickly are those items delivered?
those items delivered?
>> Great question. We support
so many great retailers in the
Houston market. We have around
30 retailers be if you want on the ship to.
the ship to.
>> Well, I think we ran out
of time know many locations.
>> A hold Go anywhere. There
she is. It’s a false start.
Anytime. We know we apologize.
we apologize.
>> All all good. So in the
Houston market with great
retailers like target bed, Bath
and beyond Office Depot and
some really wonderful grocers and drugstores like a TV, CBS
and drugstores like a TV, CBS
and Walgreens. And you can buy
all of these great items for
back to us. Ultimate back to
school. That on all of those
great retailers.
And the weekend and we’ll bring the store to your door in as
the store to your door in as
little as an hour.
>> It’s fantastic. Yeah.
>> My wife, our to our family
worship. Yes. Shift customers yet. Where do we go for more
yet. Where do we go for more
info?
>> Head over to ship dot com.
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