The back-to-school scramble used to belong to late August, a frantic weekend of crowded aisles and picked-over shelves. That window is moving; a growing share of American families now start buying school supplies in June, weeks before the first bell and long before the seasonal rush peaks. The early start makes sense on paper: spreading purchases across the summer eases the budget hit and beats the shortages, but starting sooner has not made the job any simpler, and that is the catch worth understanding before you begin.

A person places notebooks into a shopping cart filled with school supplies in a store aisle.
More families than ever start back-to-school shopping in June, but starting early isn’t the real fix. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

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