Current:Home > StocksA sign spooky season is here: Spirit Halloween stores begin opening -ProgressCapital
A sign spooky season is here: Spirit Halloween stores begin opening
View
Date:2025-04-15 18:06:00
The spooky shopping season officially kicks off Thursday as Spirit Halloween locations begin to open.
Spirit Halloween's flagship location in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, opens its doors Thursday morning, rewarding attendees with swag bags and the first shot at the newest Halloween merchandise.
After that, the pop-up purveyor of Halloween costumes and towering outdoor animatronic decorations is expected to open more than 1,500 locations across the U.S. throughout the month.
Many shoppers are anticipating the stores' opening, as more than half of Americans (53%) typically decorate their home or yard for Halloween, according to the National Retail Federation.
Here's everything to know and how to find your closest location.
When do Spirit Halloween stores open?
Once the flagship store opens Thursday, August 1 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, the additional 1,500-plus locations begin to open in the weeks ahead.
How to find a Spirit Halloween store near you
Shoppers can go to the Spirit Halloween website to check on their closest locations. If there isn't a story nearby, shoppers can purchase Halloween goodies on Spirit Halloween's online store.
Spirit Halloween 2024 preview
Among Spirit Halloween's huge Halloween decorations for this season is a witch named Towering Tallulah ($329.99), which rises from about 5 feet to nearly 9 feet tall.
Other animatronics being unleashed: the nearly 8 feet tall scarecrow Mack Straw ($179.99), with a moving head, and the ominous-voiced Cremator ($199.99), whose body is lit with orange LED lights.
What is Spirit Halloween?
Spirit Halloween, which touts its status as the largest Halloween retailer in the country, opened its first pop-up store in the Bay area in 1983. Purchased by Spencer Gifts in 1999, the company now opens more than 1,500 seasonal locations across the U.S., often in strip centers and malls.
The company also has a website open year-round where you can buy costumes and decorations including its animatronic characters.
Contributing: James Powel and Mary Walrath-Holdridge.
Follow Mike Snider on X and Threads: @mikesnider & mikegsnider.
What's everyone talking about? Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day
veryGood! (57)
Related
- A steeplechase record at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Then a proposal. (He said yes.)
- Nicole Snooki Polizzi's Body Positivity Message Will Inspire Your Wellness Journey
- Iowa vs. Northwestern women's basketball: Caitlin Clark becomes No. 2 on scoring list
- House passes sweeping, bipartisan bill with expanded child tax credit and business tax breaks
- Drones warned New York City residents about storm flooding. The Spanish translation was no bueno
- Japanese flight controllers re-establish contact with tipped-over SLIM moon lander
- Who will win next year's Super Bowl? 2024 NFL power rankings using Super Bowl 2025 odds
- Who are the youngest NFL head coaches after Seahawks hire Mike Macdonald?
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- Kentucky juvenile facilities have issues with force, staffing, report says
Ranking
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Former Trump official injured, another man dead amid spike in D.C. area carjackings
- Man fleeing police caused crash that injured Gayle Manchin, authorities say
- A rescue 'for the books': New Hampshire woman caught in garbage truck compactor survives
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- New York Fashion Week 2024: See schedule, designers, dates, more about the shows
- Nebraska lawmaker behind school choice law targets the process that could repeal it
- Wife wanted in husband's murder still missing after 4 days, Oregon police say
Recommendation
Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
South Dakota man charged in 2013 death of girlfriend takes plea offer, avoiding murder charge
A Tennessee lawmaker helped pass a strict abortion law. He's now trying to loosen it
Rights group warns major carmakers over risk of forced labor in China supply chains
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
Georgia district attorney prosecuting Trump has been subpoenaed over claims of improper relationship
Russian court extends detention of Russian-US journalist
Traffic dispute in suburban Chicago erupts into gunfire, with 4 shot