>> we have a culture of exper menation, so, we challenge each other and our partners to bring us whacky ideas. we even ing friday. if you're looking for deals, you can find them. coupons, discounts, it's a great time to shop for deals. >> i guess the stores think if they get you, this is the time you're out. they want to keep you there and r as many things as you want. >> if pencils and pens and notebooks, you're buying backpacks and ipads and jeans and shirts. >> when it comes down to parents being able to buy all this and afford this, if there's a 29% increase, how is that going to impact those families? >> i think that's the hardest part of this. especially in that e e less well off. if it's passinging on to parents and they can't afford it, we don't want kids in class without pens and pencils and notebooks. that can't happen. in most schools in those areas are being more careful with those lists. in schools where they think parents can afford it. those lists are really growing. >> thank you so much for joining us. again, tim sullivan. >>> up next, a look at the news for the week ahead and

>> we have a culture of exper menation, so, we challenge each other and our partners to bring us whacky ideas. we even launch a pizza b orkbone a pizza roll with no cinnamon and frosting. sounds odd, not totally in line with the brand. it was not successful in the bakery, so we learned a lot from it and that was more valuable than the product's success. >> i would say so, the failures probably teach you more. >> no question. >> we love stories here about unusual past success and you have one of those. very famously started out at the hooters girl. you were in college going for an engineering degree. >> yes. >> so, you were working as a hooters girl and you quit college. why? >> i had start traveling all over the world to help hooters open their new franchises overseas. i was lucky in that i joined a growinging restaurant company. they just happened to be expanding globally and at the same time, they were looking for key employees to help train the new staff in these restaurants and i was chosen because i had worked every job in the restaurant. i was a cook, a dishwasher, a manager, i waitress

>> at cinnabon we have a culture of experimentation so we challenge our partners to bring us whacky idea. we even launched a pizzabon which does a pizza roll, no frosting, sounds odd, not totally in line with the brand. we did test it. it was not successful but we learned a lot from it and that was more valuable than the product success. >> i would say the failures probably teach you more than anything along the line. >> no question. >> we love stories about unusual paths to success. you have one of those. >> yes. >> you very famously started out as a hooters girl. in college going for an engineering degree. >> yes. >> you quit college. why? what happened? >> i had started traveling all over the world to help hooters open their new franchises overseas. i was lucky in that i joined a growing restaurant company. hooters happened to be expanding globally. at the same time i was in college they were looking for key employees to train new staff in these new restaurants. i was chosen because i had worked every job in the restaurant, a cook, a dishwasher, a manager, a waitress, a bartender, you