Americans Get Ready for Halloween
Americans are expected to spend about $9 billion on Halloween this year as they buy costumes, decorations, and candy for the annual October 31 event.
The National Retail Federation expects more than 175 million Americans to take part in Halloween activities this year, spending about $3.2 billion on costumes, $2.7 billion on decorations, and $2.6 billion on candy.
Candy dealer CandyStore.com looked through 11 years of data to come up with the favorite Halloween candy in each US state. The website found that, overall, Skittles, M&M's and Snickers top the list. They also came up with a list of the worst Halloween candy. Those include Candy corn, Tootsie Rolls and Smarties.
Americans who plan on buying candy for trick-or-treaters are expected to spend an average of $27 on it.
Apart from getting candy, children in the US are also looking forward to dressing up in costumes. The most popular costumes for kids this year include princess, superhero and Batman, the National Retail Federation reports.
But Halloween isn’t just for kids. Many adults also plan to dress up for the day, and they are most likely to choose witches, vampires and zombie looks. And even America's pets are getting into the action. Pet owners plan to dress their animal friends as pumpkins, hotdogs and bumblebees, according to the National Retail Federation.
