With Halloween just around the corner, we thought we’d share with you some mindblowing statistics that show how popular the spookiest event of the year really is…
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The American sweets industry makes around $2 billion from Halloween sales
2. Around 120 million Americans are expected to dress up for Halloween and nearly 40 million American children are expected to go trick-or-treating
3. In the UK, Sainsbury’s usually sells around a million pumpkins in the weeks leading up to Halloween; 99% of all pumpkins sold around this time of year end up being carved to make lanterns
4. Over 80% of Americans plan on celebrating Halloween and around 70% plan on dressing up
5. It’s estimated that people in the UK spent £400 million on Halloween in 2015, making it the third biggest retail event of the year after Christmas and Easter
6. People in the US spent £5.6 billion on Halloween; it’s the fourth biggest retail event of the year behind Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas
7. In the US, almost £2.4 billion a year is spent on Halloween costumes, with over £800 million spent on adult costumes and over £1.2 billion spent on costumes for kids
8. Americans are clearly fond of dressing their pets up for Halloween, as a staggering £300 million is spent on Halloween costumes for pets every year
