With back-to-school shopping season upon us, Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. would like to remind consumers to choose cotton for style and comfort this year. Whether it is a trendy pair of jeans, a stylish pair of socks, a long-sleeve button-down shirt, or even activewear, cotton has you covered.
According to Cotton Incorporated’s Lifestyle MonitorTM survey, parents are planning on spending an average of $368 on back-to-school shopping this year, up by eight percent from 2020. Of the total amount estimated to be spent on back-to-school clothes, parents say they’ll buy clothes both online and instore in 2021. Shoppers plan to buy an average of seven pairs of socks, seven shirts, three pairs of pants, three sets of activewear items, and three pairs of jeans with 56% of parents planning to buy in-store and 44% online.
This year, 88% of parents say that they prefer their children to be dressed in cotton, and many shoppers say they prefer their children’s apparel to be made of cotton rather than manmade fibers such as polyester or rayon.
Don’t forget while you are out shopping for back-to-school clothes that many of your local shops, family-owned stores, and boutiques carry cotton products. Consider shopping local this back-to-school season!
To read the entire Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle MonitorTM survey, visit https://bit.ly/3eHbyoT.