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Costume Shop Surviving Halloween Recession Scare

Costume Shop Surviving Halloween Recession Scare - Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 6:05PM EST

Reported by: Mark Hiller
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 @ 06:05pm EDT
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY - A national survey shows the economy is spooking consumers this Halloween.
It shows spending down about 10-dollars from last year.
But a local landmark costume shop expects business to be more of a treat than trick.

Walls of masks fill Taney's Costume Shop in Scranton.
Owner Jim O'Hora has been running the store the last 35-years.
He says the recession is not spooking his business.
"I don't see it being down. We're actually probably doing a little bit better than we were last year," said O'Hora.

That's thanks to customers like Linda Brooks. She expects to spend about 100-dollars or so this Halloween.
"You make sure you have the money put aside and because you know you have the kids and they're going to want a costume so you have to," said Brooks.
She needs an Indian costume for her 11-year-old daughter, Sierra, while 8-year-old son, Nicholas, prefers something military.
"I want to be a marine because my grandfather is a marine," said the Scranton boy.

Other customers may want to make another popular patriotic choice, like an Uncle Sam mask.
For others, a certain NBC prime time talk show host - Jay Leno.
But what seems to be the king of sellers this year is the King of Pop.
"We have like the glove and the wig and the mask and you know sunglasses and a few other things for Michael Jackson so they are selling quite well and I am getting phone calls on those," said O'Hora.

This is the 83rd Halloween in the history of Taney's Costume Shop and while masks and costumes may change from year to year, one thing remains the same: Halloween is big business no matter the state of the economy.
O'Hora says even if customers keep it simple with zombie makeup and torn clothes, he expects customers will continue shelling out the cash the next 3 and a half weeks.
"They'll spend that for Halloween because that's a once a year great time," said O'Hora.
He says Halloween business really starts to pick up Columbus Day weekend which is just a few days away.
 


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