NEW YORK — Feeling nostalgic for the days when going back to school meant picking out fresh notebooks, pencils and colored markers at a local drugstore or stationary shop? The annual retail ritual is both easier and more complicated for today's students.
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Kylie and Cash Zimmerman shop in the back-to-school supplies section of a Target on Aug. 9 in Sherwood, Oregon.
Jenny Kane, Associated Press
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Information on a school list assist and a QR code is displayed above pencils for sale in the back-to-school supplies section of a Target in Sherwood, Oregon.
Jenny Kane, Associated Press
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A person walks by backpacks displayed for sale in the back-to-school supplies section of a Target in Sherwood, Oregon.
Jenny Kane, Associated Press
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Dora Diaz, left, and her daughter Fernanda Diaz, 14, shops for school supplies Aug. 12 at a Walmart in Dallas, Texas.
LM Otero, Associated Press
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Glue is seen in a back-to-school supplies section of a Target Aug. 8 in Sherwood, Oregon.
Jenny Kane, Associated Press
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