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27 per cent of respondents said they will spend less on school supplies this year compared with previous years due to inflation

The one advantage of being mandated back to the office? Office supplies have a ton of overlap with school supplies!

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Inside, students, parents and community members were greeted by a spread of second-hand clothes, backpacks, shoes, boots and books.

Queen Elizabeth School was hosting its first-ever back-to-school shop, an initiative spearheaded by vice-principal Kyle Bishop and the owner of a local consignment store in nearby Riverview, N.B., called Ready, Set, Grow.

As inflation continues to put pressure on the cost of just about everything — from food to clothes to school supplies — Canadians across the country are preparing for the back-to-school season by turning to second-hand options as a way to save money.

A line snaked outside the entrance to the Cape Breton Regional Library in Sydney, N.S., one morning last week, as the branch hosted its first kids' "clothing swap" — where a donation gets you a shopping voucher.

Jannette Vusich, assistant regional program co-ordinator at the library, previously organized two adult clothing swaps thanks to demand from patrons.

Thrifting has become trendy, especially among teenagers, she said, and people are generally looking for more sustainable alternatives to fast fashion — where cheap clothes are mass produced quickly and then discarded.

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The cure for high prices is high prices.