Halloween Sales are Booming

HALLOWEEN. AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO SHELL OUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. NEWSCHANNEL 15'S LAMAR HOLLIDAY IS HERE WITH HOW SALES ARE GOING THIS FAR. WHO SAYS PEOPLE ARE COMING IN MUCH SUPPLIES AND COSTUMES... AND SALES ARE STRONG SO FAR. THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN IS IN OUR MIDST. THE DARK UNCERTAINTY OF THE ECONOMY ISN'T STOPPING PEOPLE "SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY EARLY, AND THEY'RE BUYING, AND RENTING. THAT INTEREST ... PREVENTING HIS STORE FROM BEING A GHOST TOWN. *** STONER HAS BEEN RUNNING THIS STORE SINCE 1949. HE WAS WORRIED THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY WOULD CLOSE DOWN HIS I THOUGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE TROUBLE BECAUSE WE NOTHING IN STORE THAT ANYBODY NEEDS. BUT I THEN SOON UP THEN." PEOPLE WANTED TO ESCAPE THE REALITY OF LIFE. "PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE FUN, SO, THAT'S A PART OF THE HALLOWEEN BUSINESS." "THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION IS EXPECTING HALLOWEEN SALES TO PEOPLE TO SPEND EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR ALONE." THAT'S WHAT WE WANT." SAYS AMERICANS WILL SPEND - ON AVERAGE - COSTUMES, CANDY, AND DECORATIONS. IN STUDIO 15, LH, NC 15.