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PoliticAverse

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Wed Oct 17, 2018, 12:10 PM Oct 2018

Pets owners will spend nearly $500M on animal costumes this Halloween

Look out for lizards dressed as waiters, dogs dressed as Cleopatra and cats wearing tutus this Halloween.

Pets are getting roped into Halloween madness whether they like it or not, as more consumers are shelling out ever-climbing sums to costume their beloved animals. More than 30 million people will spend an estimated $480 million treating their pets to costumes this Halloween, more than double the $220 million spend on pet Halloween costumes in 2010 when the National Retail Federation began tracking pet costumes.

Read the rest at: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/instagram-loving-pets-owners-will-spend-nearly-500m-on-animal-costumes-this-halloween-2018-10-16

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Pets owners will spend nearly $500M on animal costumes this Halloween (Original Post) PoliticAverse Oct 2018 OP
I will not be dressing my cats in Halloween costumes. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #1
Like this! tblue37 Oct 2018 #2
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