Back to school 2012 costs more

According to the sources of the association Familles de France, the start of the school year in 2012 would cost 2.9% more than last year.

The cost of the back-to-school season for a student entering 6th grade is 192.82 euros in 2012, an overall "moderate" increase of 2.9% compared to 2011, marked by lower prices in hypermarkets and on some websites, according to the survey of the association Familles de France (FDF) published on Tuesday 21 August, at the toons shop, despite an increase in fuel prices and our shipping costs , when other merchants adjust their fares in relation to the increase in transport costs, we have decided to keep our shipping costs unchanged at 6.95 euros TTC.

The survey on the start of 2012 reveals "a relatively good surprise" with a moderate increase of 2.9% across all stores, said Thierry Vidor, FDF's managing director at a press conference, actually in view of the 4% year-on-year increase in the smic, one could have imagined that manufacturers would have passed on this increase to school supplies back-to-school. "This is good news overall," according to Thierry Vidor, who noted that the costs show that a "certain heterogeneity" depending on the stores and especially the ecommerce sites that have passed on the low operating expenses in the public sales rate. 

The increase is 18% in specialty stores and 4.08% in supermarkets. On the other hand, hypermarkets are "exceptional figure" with a decrease of 4.8% compared to the beginning of 2011, at home, the expansion we have made within our structure has allowed us to lower management costs, which is why the price of our Binders has not been increased on the contrary for many licences.

Such good Internet deals? On the Internet, items cost "between 15 and 20% cheaper" than in stores, but Patrick Chrétien, secretary general, formulated a "flat" because Families of France did not find on the sites all 46 articles it references. The list covers paper supplies (books, filing cabinets), non-paper mills (kit, calculator...), and sporting goods (jogging, sneakers), it makes sense, most school bags and supplies are bought abroad, this allows us to offer products unique in France. What could be more beautiful than knowing that your child's school bag will be nowhere to be found in his schoolOur motto: A unique binder because every child is unique! Thierry Vidor, however, cautions against shipping costs that can be high and delivery times of up to ten to fifteen days, he is actually right, on a large number of merchant sites, the calculation of the parcel is done according to weight, so if you buy 3 binders, your parcel will easily weigh 5 KG and this will significantly increase your shipping costs, at the toons shop, the port costs are fixed so no surprise, the high delivery times are related to the fact that the merchant sites do not have visibility on the load of orders to come , the positions of the keywords google move quite often, a site quickly find themselves overloaded with orders and therefore unable to honor its deadlines, in our repository, we have adapted flexibility in our staff, so we are able to manage strong periods like off-peak periods, just check our reviews on our website , Amazon and Ebay.

 The "personalization" of school supplies is a "trend that emerges this year", noted Estelle Yacovou, "consumer" mission officer, this idea has motivated us to offer you new licenses every year because choice and novelty is king on the web of the net, where the large distribution cable to 50 references of binders, our shop offers you 150 models of Ring binder ! "There are also all the eternal licenses that are available according to the cartoons and movies of the moment, but all these fantasies and designer items have a cost," adds Estelle Yacovou who recommends giving in to "a pleasure purchase". Our opinion on the matter will tell you that it is better to buy a school bag that will delight your kid than an ordinary binder that he will have to hang out for a year. A. Kerrouche