The cost of Halloween is biting into family budgets this year, and retailers on the citys south side say a mix of inflation, tariffs and supply problems are driving prices higher.

Welcome to Lynn's where everybody wins, a clerk called as customers filed into Lynns Halloween Town, a small shop stocked with costumes, decorations and party supplies.

Inside the store, owner Summer Webber said shes absorbed some price increases, trimmed sticker prices and added promotions to help shoppers.

We know times are hard, Webber said.

Webber also brought a prize wheel to the checkout counter, hoping the chance to spin would take a little fright off the price. She said past buying items helped this season.

The last few years I have over-ordered, so it's kind of like that was a good thing because thi

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