Halloween Spending: For 13 years National Retail Federation has conducted an annual Halloween survey to see how Americans celebrate — and how much they spend. In 2016 total spending was tallied at $8.4 billion, an all-time high in the history of the annual survey.
Christmas Spending: American consumers plan to spend an average $935.58 during the holiday shopping season this year. Nearly 6 in 10 plan to buy for themselves, spending an average $139.61, up 4% from last year and marking the second-highest level of personal spending in the survey’s 13-year history.