NEW YORK (MainStreet) – America is going all out for Halloween this year. Overall spending for Halloween is projected by the National Retail Federation at $6.86 billion, the highest since it started tracking those numbers nine years ago. Of that, $2.5 billion will be spent on costumes alone, with $1 billion spent on children’s costumes and another $1.2 billion to be spent on adult costumes.
That other $0.3 billion? We’ll be spending that on costumes for our pets, of course.
According to the NRF, we can expect to see a lot of dogs dressed up as pumpkins this Halloween, as that’s apparently the most popular pet costume for the year. That’s followed by devils (devil dogs, presumably, being the operative pun here) and hot dogs, which we imagine will be the costume of choice for many long, skinny dogs like dachshunds.
Many other owners will be going for more minimalist costumes. The seventh most-popular “costume” is a simple anthropomorphizing accessory tied around the neck, including bowties, fancy collars, and bandanas. We supposed this is the inverse of humans who dress up as cats by putting on cat ears.
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