The Business of Horror

Halloween is one of America’s biggest revenue-generating holidays. And get this: the tradition thrived even during the spooky economy of the past couple of years. Costume sales jumped 5.1% in 2008 and another 2.4% in 2009.

In this infographic, mint.com explore the economics of Halloween: read on, some of the stats may give you chills!

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The Economics of Halloween

Do Americans like candy? They like it to the tune of $20 billion a year! That's right- Americans spend $20 billion on their sweet little vices. They're out there night and day buying candy bars, chocolates, hardy candy and everything else that packs in the sugar.

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