Halloween

Think Halloween and Personal Finance have nothing in common? Think again! Bring the spirit of Halloween into your classroom with the Escape from the Haunted Mansion activity.   This Google Form virtual escape room has students solve a series of personal finance related mysteries to find the Golden Budget Book!  Featuring spooky Halloween language and images, your students will be immersed in a Halloween activity they’re sure to remember!  PREMISE: As the sun sets, the towering Hawthorn Mansion casts its shadows over the town of Elmridge.

Eyeing the big business of holiday music, a few of pop’s major players are trying to expand the market for Halloween hits.

BloodManor could do more than $1 million in sales this year over just 21 nights of business.

As Halloween surges in popularity, more retailers are cashing in.

As the warmth of summer fades, and the leaves begin to turn, something else appears—the Spirit Halloween store. They pop up in vacant retail spots, and stick

Rising cocoa prices are pushing younger consumers to try different confections.

Expanding the Halloween season is a benefit for shoppers and retailers alike. Here's why "Summerween" has become such a popular phenomena.

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For some growers in states like Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, this year's pumpkin crop was reminder of water woes hitting agriculture in Southwest, West.

The only thing scarier than entering a haunted house is owning one.

Top 3 Most Popular Halloween Candy in every State + Nationwide rankings. Over 16 years of data in this interactive map of Halloween Candy by State from CandyStore.com.

Americans still love their Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes, but some signs point to a weakening in the broader pumpkin spice market

Empty storefronts come alive again for a few months every Fall thanks to Spirit Halloween and an economic concept known as "the shutdown rule.

Spirit Halloween has over 1,450 pop-up shops and makes all its money in only 2 months (September, October)

The return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) marks the unofficial start of fall for coffee lovers and it’s usually the moment when people start noticing just how many other products have started offering pumpkin spiced versions of their original offerings.

Buyers and producers debate agriculture policy requiring companies use mostly U.S. sugar.

How early is too early? The 4th of July was just a few weeks ago, yet some Iowa grocery stores are already offering spooky Halloween decorations and big bags of trick-or-treat candy. Professor Peggy Stover, who directs the University of Iowa’s Marketing Institute and spent 25 years in the grocery industry, says stores are looking […]

Every year, Americans throw away about $400 million worth of uneaten sweets from trick-or-treating. That’s a lot of food waste. But the fix is simple: stop giving away candies that kids don’t like (candy corn, anyone?) and give away treats that they do enjoy.To help you buy the sweets that trick-or-treaters will actually eat, candystore.com has published a study on the most popular candy by state.

Outdoor decorations and displays have become more extravagant than ever. But that wasn’t always the case.

Each fall, there’s one store that suddenly seems to be just about everywhere: Spirit Halloween. The brand taps into the $10 billion Halloween industry by set...

Here's how much the price of popular Halloween candies went up this year

Popularized by Starbucks two decades ago, the seasonal flavoring is now a food industry phenomenon.

The return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) marks the unofficial start of fall for coffee lovers and it’s usually the moment when people start noticing just how many other products have started offering pumpkin spiced versions of their original offerings.

Over the past couple of decades, before the leaves even begin turning colors as summer shifts to fall, pumpkin spice begins to pop up wherever you look. Not only the infamous Pumpkin Spice Latte --...

Answer: $400 Million in uneaten candy Questions: Why do you think that Americans buy more candy than is eaten on Halloween? What factors influence the decision on how much to buy? How much candy do you typically eat over Halloween? What do you do with the leftovers?

Haunted houses have a new fear factor this season that is spooking operators just as much as patrons. As it does, the COVID-19 pandemic has dampened the Halloween spirit in Michigan, home to some 100 haunts and often dubbed the Halloween capital of the Midwest. At least a dozen major attractions…