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Halloween spending expectations are soaring higher than a witch’s broomstick this year.
After a long summer and heightened consumer confidence, total spending for the spooky season is expected to reach a record $8.4 billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey. This is the highest amount in the survey’s 11-year history. More than 171 million people in the U.S. are expected to take part in Halloween festivities, spending an average of $82.93 (up from last year’s $74.34).
Costumes will likely be the largest spending category, with consumers planning to spend $3.1 billion on Halloween garb, according to the survey. And 47% of those surveyed plan to don costumes to celebrate the holiday. The survey found that 35% of consumers will scour the web in search of the perfect holiday tresses, getting inspiration on sites like Pinterest and Facebook, and the majority of shoppers (47%) plan to head to discount stores to buy their Halloween items.
According to the survey, 94.3% will be buying candy and spending $2.5 billion on it. Consumers also plan to spend $2.4 billion on decorations (49% want to decorate their home or yard) and $390 million on greeting cards. Many consumers (46%) will also be carving pumpkins. And all this spending will happen soon — most (44.4%) expect to start shopping in the first two weeks of October.
The National Retail Federation’s annual survey was conducted from September 6 to 13 by Prosper Insights & Analytics and asked 6,791 consumers about their Halloween shopping plans. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
If you’re one of the millions of people who plan to dish out some cash on Halloween, it’s best not to spend yourself into too much debt. If you’re carrying a large credit card balance that you’re finding difficult to pay off, consider learning from costume DIY videos to save some cash where you can. Too much debt can affect your credit score, and keep you from acquiring loans when you need them. You can monitor your credit by getting a free credit score, updated every 14 days on Credit.com.
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