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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.