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Spirit of Children is a program that brings fun and funding to hospitals at Halloween and all year long. We focus on hospitals that focus on kids because they need help to make hospital stays less.
We're doing our part to fight COVID-19Like the rest of the world, we're being impacted by COVID-19, and we wanted to let you know what we're doing as a company in response to these unprecedented circumstances.Of course, our number one priority is your safety and the safety of our employees. Here’s some of the things we’re doing right now:.
We are keeping up-to-date with all CDC recommendations and guidelines, along with our state recommendations. We have already asked the majority of our office employees to work from home, while maintaining a very small team available to still ship packages to you and around the world.
We are keeping our environments spare, sanitized, and spread out. We have also stopped allowing visitors into our corporate headquarters in an effort to adhere to strict social distancing practices.Our mission has always been to help you inspire happy memories with your friends and family. In these difficult times, we think this mission is as important as ever.
Thank you for being a loyal fan of HalloweenCostumes.com. We couldn't be who we are without you, and we will continue to be here for you through this the best we can.If you have any specific questions regarding this, please reach out via chat!
We have Customer Service reps safely working from home ready to help you with anything you need. While you’re browsing our selection of Halloween costumes for kids or baby costumes, don’t forget to treat yourself to a little Halloween fun. We have a large selection of adult costumes, sexy costumes, and even pet costumes. If you are feeling brave and want to hit the Halloween events with your beau in tow, might we suggest you take a look at our couples costume ideas or our group Halloween costumes for a larger crew. Many of our styles are exclusive to us and we are confident that you will find something you like in our costume store.
Even though we carry cheap Halloween costumes, that doesn’t mean that our quality suffers. We pride ourselves on superiority and believe our customers deserve the best costume experience at a reasonable price. Once you’ve found all your favorite Halloween goodies you can feel safe placing your order with us knowing that we use SSL and ThreatMetrix for your security, and we’re even BBB accredited. We accept all major credit cards. So, no matter if you need your Halloween costumes in a hurry or need them shipped internationally (we ship to more than 200 countries across the globe!), you’ll have lots of shipping options to choose from. Still have questions?
Ask our next-level customer service team—they’re renowned Halloween Experts ready to make your Halloween the best EVER.
Spirit Halloween store in a former Kmart store in Williamsburg, Virginia. | |
Subsidiary | |
Founded | 1983; 37 years ago |
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Founder | Joseph Marver |
Headquarters | Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
Number of locations | 1,366 |
North America | |
Products |
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Parent | Spencer Gifts (1999–present) |
Website | www.spirithalloween.com |
Spirit Halloween LLC is a seasonal retailer that supplies Halloween decorations, costumes, props and accessories. It was founded in 1983 and is based in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. In 1999, the store had 60 seasonal locations and was purchased by Spencer Gifts.[4][5]
Business operations[edit]
During the Halloween season, Spirit has over 1,200 store locations in North America. The Spirit Halloween website is open year-round, offering its in-store products online. The store carries decor manufactured by Tekky Design, Gemmy, Yu Jia, Seasonal Visions, Crazy Create, NewRaySun, and Morbid Enterprises. Many decorations are exclusive to Spirit.
In late summer Spirit Halloween typically puts out teaser videos on social media and YouTube to create excitement for new items. A few days later the videos are followed by another one officially revealing and announcing the item.[6]
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The retailer typically makes use of vacant retail space. The stores typically operate for 60 to 90 days, opening sometime in early to mid-August and usually closing two or three days after Halloween. It has seen increasing usage during the retail apocalypse of the 2010s.
Spirit Halloween's start[edit]
Joe Marver created the Spirit Halloween business model, a pop-up store catering to Halloween revelers.[7] Starting with his first pop-up location in the Castro Valley Mall in 1984,[8] he grew Spirit Halloween to 60 seasonal stores nationwide[9] before it was acquired in 1999. His approach to short-term leases, locations, and the stocking of widely varied merchandise was novel in the Halloween retail sector.
Today, the Spirit Halloween network of pop-up stores is bigger than any other specialty retailer in the category, with new ownership expanding Marver’s original concept to more than 1,100 locations across North America. Spirit Halloween serves a Halloween consumer market estimated at $8.4 billion dollars yearly, according to the National Retail Federation.[8]
Spirit of Children[edit]
In 2006, Spirit launched a program called Spirit of Children to raise money in-store for children's hospitals. The program annually celebrates Halloween at hospital locations, supplying costumes and decorations for the events. Since 2007, Spirit of Children has raised over $29 million in donations.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Health Canada warns of some dangerous Halloween products sold by Spirit Halloween'. Health Canada. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^'Health Canada warns Spirit Halloween products part of recall continue to be sold'. NEWS 95.7. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^'Pumpkin, skull Tiki torches sold at Spirit Halloween recalled'. CTV News. Bell Media. 20 October 2016.
- ^Trevision, Catherine (October 22, 2000). 'Temporary retailers fight over space as holidays approach'. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ^'Company Information: About Spirit Halloween'. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ^http://animatronichalloween.com/menacing-molly-swings-by-for-halloween-2017/
- ^'Halloween Fun for Grown-Ups', CBS News, October 27, 2003.
- ^ abClark, Patrick; Mosendz, Polly (2016-10-27). 'How Halloween Stores Conquered America'. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^'Halloween’s Big Business at Boo-tiques', Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2000.
- ^'The Heart of Spirit Halloween:About Spirit of Children'. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spirit_Halloween&oldid=940958292'
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