In the 1880s when William and Cara Bell entertained guests at their beloved Briarhurst Manor in Manitou Springs, their children scampered among the guests. Nearly 139 years later, they still do. Modern-day visitors to the manor, a restaurant known for award-winning fine dining, have reported seeing a red-haired girl, dressed in Victorian-era clothes, playing on [...] [...]
Ghosts, witches and zombies are creeping into vacant retail spaces to take full advantage of the Halloween selling season. Halloween is the nation’s second-biggest shopping holiday next to Christmas and is expected to rake in more than $6.8 billion in revenue this year, according to the National Retail Federation. Six temporary Halloween shops popped up [...] [...]
Halloween – it’s not just for kids anymore. Adults are spending more on the holiday than ever before – dressing up like zombies and vampires, vixens and nurses. It’s grown into the second most popular holiday of the year, according to the National Retail Federation. Americans are expected to spend $6.86 billion on Halloween costumes, [...] [...]
Consumers plan to spend less on Halloween festivities this year. Considerably less. The National Retail Federation says consumers will spend on average $56.31 on candy decorations, costumes and party favors among other items. That’s down from $66.54 last year. BIGresearch conducted the 2009 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey for NRF Sept. 1-9 and responses [...] [...]
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