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Published on August 5th, 2020 | by Darren Paltrowitz

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Designer Breegan Jane On Paypal, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” & Back-To-School Trends

So far, this back-to-school season has been anything but normal. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, only 55 percent of American K-12 schools and 65 percent of American colleges have provided tentative back-to-school plans for 2020. With so much up in the air, on top of the current economic instability, how are parents and college students preparing for the new school year?

A new study commissioned by PayPal is shedding light on their back-to-school shopping plans. Some of the major U.S.-related findings include:

– Online shopping continues to dominate. 70 percent of students and parents admit to shopping online more often than before due to COVID-19, and 73 percent of students and 65 percent of parents anticipate shopping online for their back-to-school needs. This includes online purchases of technology or the bigger items such as a chair or desk while traditional back-to-school items that require an element of trying-on are expected to be bought in-person.

– Nearly 70 percent of American students take out loans to go to college, yet college students are spending nearly double than K-12 parents. Firs- year college students plan to spend 39 percent more ($732) than the average K-12 parent ($444) on back-to-school shopping this year.

– Shoppers want flexible payment options. Credit cards are the most preferred payment method for parents who are buying back-to-school items online, but 30% of students are interested in buy now, pay later or other flexible options.

Breegan Jane can definitely relate. She is the newest designer addition to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, while balancing jobs as an interior designer, writer, influencer, lifestyle blogger and mother to sons Kingsley and Kensington. I had the pleasure of interviewing Breegan Jane herself on August 4, 2020, as embedded above, about Paypal’s recent back-to-school study and more.

More on Breegan Jane can be found online at www.breeganjane.com and www.instagram.com/breeganjane, while Paypal keeps an online home at www.paypal.com. More on the aforementioned PayPal study can be found by checking out https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/back-to-school-is-about-to-look-different.


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About the Author

Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."


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