As October plows on well into Fall, Floridians are getting ready to celebrate Halloween and retailers are urging them to buy local to avoid any scary impacts on merchants.

A National Retail Federation ( NRF ) consumer survey results published in the past week show there likely will be a record amount of spending on Halloween goods by Americans this year. According to the NRF report, 49% of Americans are kicking off their shopping for Halloween early this year and they are expected to collectively spend $13.1 billion across the country on the frightening festivities.

That’s substantially more than 2024’s figure of $11.6 billion and that would be a record that would snap the previous high figure set in 2023 with $12.2 billion.

That $13.1 billion amount would come out to $114.45 be

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