comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for October 2008 Nov 21, 2008
In addition to costume retailers, several other apparel retailers experienced strong traffic growth during the month, including Zappos. com (up 18 percent to 5. (PR Newswire)
Skank-o-ween 2007: Costume Trend for Young Girls is All About Being Sexy Oct 31, 2007
Maybe Halloween costume retailers who market smutty costumes to little girls, and the parents who pay for them, should read Celia Rivenbarks 2006 book. On her Web site, , the author discusses why she wrote the book. (Townhall.com)
Adults treat themselves to tricked-out costumes for Halloween Oct 27, 2007
It's the same when you shop at traditional costume retailers such as Spirit Halloween Superstores, Target and Easley's Fun Shop, as they're increasingly catering to those looking to have a decidedly more adult holiday. Phoenix's Jaraka Blair, 25, a call-center manager, picked her provocative Little Bo Peep costume from Easley's Fun Shop because it was sexy and playful. (AZCentral -- News)
Rehabilitate your image on Halloween in a celeb costume Oct 26, 2007
By Olivia Barker, USA TODAY Scads of starlets showed their scary sides this year, and Halloween costume retailers are readily capitalizing on it. Wry revelers can. (USA Today -- Life)
Cash register's screaming at Phoenix costume shop Oct 20, 2007
With the National Retail Federation expecting Halloween spending to reach about $5 billion this year, Valley costume retailers are eager to get a piece of the pie. And Murphy is confident that her shop will get a decent-size slice. (AZCentral -- Business)
Halloween sales to hit $5B Oct 20, 2007
Valley costume retailers say trick-or-treat will be anything but spooky this Halloween. Halloween sales are expected to total about $5 billion this year, according to the National Retail Federation, with the average consumer spending $64. (AZCentral -- Business)
Silly or frightening, children's Halloween costumes should also be safe, experts advise Oct 15, 2007
A little more than two weeks before Halloween, costume retailers and renters say the biggest wave of costume selecting is yet to hit. It seems everybody is looking and not buying yet, said Clarence Remlinger, assistant manager of lawn and garden at the Charleston Wal-Mart Supercenter. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Know the target market when promoting your business on social networking sites Oct 10, 2007
Halloween Mart's goal was to use the blog to differentiate itself from the zillions of other costume retailers. It figured that MySpace was a good match for its target market of college students and people in their 20s who will go to multiple Halloween parties. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
