Cheap Dorm Necessities
Dorm-in-a-Box: Designing a Better--And Cheaper--College Prep Experience
Here's a chance to feel good about sending a child off to college this fall: save lots of money and be kind to the environment. Fast Company reports on a new business that pulls together everything (??) a student needs in that all important first year of college and delivers it right to the dorm. No shopping, no hassle, no busted budget.
"Getting a kid off to college later this summer? You could schlep around to Bed Bath & Beyond and Target, or try a new startup called Dorm-In-A-Box that's taken aim at that ad nauseam shopping for what is, let's face it, a pretty predictable set of goods. This offshoot of a private-label product design company--that is, they're the type of company that designs the cheap, in-house brands that you'd find at places such as Target and K-Mart--leverages its deep expertise when it comes to bringing goods to market for cheap. And proverbially passes on the savings to you..."
