Quicktake: Inflation weighs on back-to-school shoppers

Quicktake: Inflation weighs on back-to-school shoppers Lindsey Romano Thu, 09/24/2026 - 10:47 Survey Image September 30, 2026 Wed, 09/30/2026 - 13:35 Search Aggregate Survey September 30, 2026 Quicktake: Inflation weighs on back-to-school shoppers Learn more about working with Bread Financial Inflation, driven by gas prices, weighed on shoppers this year With gas prices pumping up over the summer, the spending resiliency that has characterized shopper spending over the past couple of years was put to the test for back-to-school this year. Pre-season, forecasters were expecting shoppers to be f