Happy Halloween

The Friday File: Halloween is the 4th biggest annual retail event, with total spending expected to total $7.4 billion (more than the GDP of Barbados), behind Christmas at $620 billion, back to school/college at $73 billion and Mother’s Day at $20 billion. Americans will spend $350 million on costumes for 23 million pets, $2.2 billion on candy and 54 million of us will attend or host a Halloween party.