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How Spirit Halloween Became a Titan of the $10 Billion Halloween Industry | WSJ The Economics Of

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Each fall, there’s one store that suddenly seems to be just about everywhere: Spirit Halloween. The brand taps into the $10 billion Halloween industry by setting up shop in otherwise vacant real estate for three months each year.

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