'It seems out of place': Halloween goods filling stores – already

YOUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING YOU AT THE STORE. HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS AND COSTUMES ARE ALREADY ON THE SHELVES AND THE SMOKE IS BARELY CLEARED FROM THE 4TH OF JULY. I CANNOT WITH THIS STORY, BUT AS WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS, THE REASON FOR THE EARLY PUSH OF THE SPOOKY STUFF IS REALLY NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT. THE DEBRIS FROM THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS HASN’T EVEN COOLED DOWN AN ALREADY IN STORES THROUGHOUT THE U.S., THE HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS ARE ON THE SHELVES, COSTUMES ON THE RACKS. SOME CALL IT OUR NEWEST HOLIDAY. THE 5TH OF JULY. HALLOWEEN IS OCTOBER. WHAT IS THAT? FOUR MONTHS AWAY? YEAH, THAT’S RIDICULOUS. IT SEEMS OUT OF PLACE TO HAVE ALL THAT STUFF OUT. SO EARLY. AND WHY IS THAT? I DON’T KNOW, I JUST, I LIKE ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS WHEN THEY ARRIVE. AND THE WHOLE THING ABOUT BUILDING UP TO IT. SO WHY DON’T RETAILERS GIVE HOLIDAYS SOME BREATHING ROOM? ONE WORD. MONEY. IT’S, UH UH, A STRATEGIC, UH, MOVE. UCF ECONOMIST SEAN SNAITH SAYS RETAILERS KNOW IF THEY DON’T PUSH THE HALLOWEEN STUFF OUT. ANOTHER RETAILER WILL. IF I GET MY HALLOWEEN DISPLAY OUT A WEEK AHEAD OF OF A COMPETITOR, THAT’S A WEEK’S WORTH OF SALES. THAT THAT COMPETITOR IS GOING TO MISS OUT ON, AND YOU CAN’T COME BACK IN AND RECOUP THAT. AND HALLOWEEN IS A BIG MONEY MAKER FOR RETAILERS. EXPERTS SAY IT BRINGS IN MORE MONEY THAN THE 4TH OF JULY. SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. EVEN THE SUPER BOWL BILLIONS. HALLOWEEN HAS EVOLVED. YOU CAN’T JUST STICK A JACK O LANTERN ON YOUR FRONT PORCH. YOU GOT TO GO BIG. AND NOW JUST AS MANY GROWN UPS DRESS UP THE KIDS, EVEN CATS AND DOGS ARE IN ON THE ACT AND IT ADDS UP. MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO BUY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES. SHE’S GOING TO START SEEING THE CANDY. I’M NOT READY FOR THAT, BUT READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES. WHO? ORANGE COUNTY MICHELLE MEREDITH WESH 2 NEWS ZACH. IS THIS SCARY EYEBALL THAT SCARED ME. I DO BUY DOG AND CAT COSTUMES BY THE WAY. JUST NOT IN JULY. ALL RIGHT, THE SAME RULES APPLY WHEN YOU SEE CHRISTMAS STUFF ON THE SHELVES RIGHT