BRITNEY BEATS BARBIE IN BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING
BRITNEY BEATS BARBIE IN BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) In the battle of back-to-school shopping trends, Britney Spears is creaming Barbie. Thats according to a new survey by Americas Research Group which shows twice as many kids are asking for school gear featuring Spears face as are asking for pencils and notebooks with Barbie on them. Just over 12 percent want the pop music icon on their backpacks, compared to only 6 percent who want Barbie. Heres how the rest of the popularity poll breaks down... Around 8 percent of kids want school gear with NASCAR logos on it. 7 percent like N Sync stuff. 5.5 percent are boffo for Backstreet Boys paraphernalia. And just over 5 percent are still into Pokemon characters.
Fri 08-10-01