A fairly open question to end things for the week:
What do you think are the economic effects of Halloween? The more creative (and the less obvious) the better. What markets do you think are most affected by the holiday (positively or negatively)?
To go ahead and take away the most obvious answers, I am sure that candy makers and costume shops have a sharp increase in demand for their products. A more interesting question along those lines though: If the demand for those products is higher during Halloween, why do most grocery stores have sales on candy? Or why don't costume shops increase prices during Halloween (it is my experience that they have sales suring this time as well)?
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When grocery stores have sales on candy, it is usually after Halloween when there is a lower demand for purchasing candy. The grocery stores that sell out of candy are the ones who have sales on candy before Halloween. With the demand for candy so high, a lowered price will attract many customers to buy their candy, not the candy two blocks away at the other grocery store.
Halloween and the holidays are good for the economy, more than just buying candy, costumes, and Christmas trees. The holidays brings people together to enjoy good times and spend money! Competitive firms around the world base their ideas and advertisements around the holidays because it brings in a large percentage of their annual income.
----Paul Moustoukas
prices on candy and costumes are lower during holidays because not only does everyone need them but also everyone is selling them. You can buy candy at every grocery store, target, wallmart, every drug store. Everywhere you go stores have large amounts of candy to sell. since so many places have so much candy in supply the price goes down. People won't play as much because they can get the candy or costume at some other store.
I agree with kimberly if someone is going to buy a costume at some other time there is a reason they need to buy it and costums won't be in as high supply, so they will be willing to pay more for it.
erin clay
Well, in agreement with pretty much everyone, stores place costumes and candy on sale to compete with all of the other stores selling the same thing, thus causing more people to buy from their products.
In response to Mr. Arjona's other question about various markets and how they are affected by this holiday:
With halloween, sales on scary objects and candles increase. Also, in relation to halloween parties, alchohol and various snack items would also increase in demand. I'm not quite sure what markets would decrease in productivity, but perhaps there is a lower demand for regular clothing and makeup at this time of the year.
-Elisabeth Bentley
I agree with everyone else's points in that demand for candy and costumes is high so lowering price will result in more being sold. Lowered prices on candy and costumes before Halloween result in more profit than even lower prices afterwards, because people dont need any of that on November first. However, I think that Halloween affects the economy in more subtle ways. I'd bet that Halloween is a pretty unproductive day at the office, as people could easily be distracted thinking about a party that night, and those workers with children might come home early to take their kids trick-or-treating.
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-Andrew Gelly
When Halloween comes around, the demand obviously increases immensely for candy and costumes. So not only do candy stores and costume stores benefit, but more and more stores start selling candy like grocery stores. Now that there is more competition, candy and costume stores must decrease their prices in order to attract the customers especially now that customers need these products.
When Halloween is over, stores like grocery stores won't produce halloween candy and costumes; they will focus on other products. When this occurs, Halloween stores can raise prices again for customers that need costumes during the year and are willing to pay more for the costume because there are less substitutes.
courtney allen
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