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Article: AUTUMN BUSINESS: SCARY GOOD; RETAILERS SAY HALLOWEEN IS THE HOLIDAY SECOND TO CHRISTMAS IN CONSUMER SPENDING a AND GROWING.(News)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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Byline: Gemma Wilson Contributing writer
The first signs of Halloween u the candy, the costumes, the pumpkins u used to emerge in early fall, sandwiched safely between the back-to-school season and the Christmas rush.
During the last several years, however, those orange and black bags of treats have found their way onto shelves shortly after the Fourth of July and kids start dreaming up their costumes even before the first school bell rings.
Halloween has become big business.
In response, family friendly fall and Halloween attractions and activities are on the rise locally. Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, apple picking, haunted houses ...