What Young People Think College Girls Are Top Back-To-School Speakers
Eugene Gilbert reports on a survey across 48 colleges in 43 states sampling nearly 2,000 coeds shopping lists for fall outfitting. The study finds college girls spend about twice as much as boys, with freshmen and new entrants driving a market near 118 million dollars.
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Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Radcliffe
University of California
Connecticut
Chicago
Nebraska
Oregon
Wellesley
Cornell
Duke
Iowa State
Temple
Syracuse
Purdue
Florida State
Alabama
Kansas
Maine
Texas
Carnegie Tech
Indiana
Missouri
Coeds influence buying shows youth impact on fashion
A survey finds freshman co eds spend on average 386.33 for wearing apparel 44.28 for room decor and 25.61 for work and play items while shopping patterns reveal parental guidance yet growing independence. The study notes 68 percent shop with a parent and 9 percent have shopping done for them with two out of three freshmen buying towels and five out of ten sheets.
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