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Pandemic Changes Back-to-School Shopping Tradition

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A July commercial for Walmart shows a student returning to school in a face mask.
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The pandemic has changed nearly everything, including back-to-school shopping for students, parents and teachers, so stores like Walmart are trying to find new ways to reach customers to provide items that weren't essential before, but are now.

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Daniel Caruth is KUAF's Morning Edition host and reporter for Ozarks at Large.