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Gleeson Library has just received the latest editions of Business Rankings Annual (2024) and Market Share Reporter (34th edition [2024]). What insight can these and other Gale Directory Library titles give us about Halloween? Read on…

Did you know Halloween ranks fourth after Easter, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day for chocolate sales? It’s in the Market Share Reporter!

Sales are show in millions of dollars at grocery stores, drug stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, military commissaries, and select club and dollar chains for the 52 weeks ended August 8, 2021. Easter $1,204.98 Christmas $970.95 Valentine's Day $595.07 Halloween $429.52 Other $50.23 Type: Generic products. Source: The Manufacturing Confectioner, Oct. 2021, p. 11 from IRI. Subject Categories: Chocolate. SIC: 2066 - Chocolate and Cocoa Products. NAICS: 311351 - Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans. 311352 - Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate. Full Text: Copyright 2024 Gale, part of Cengage Group.

However, when you take chocolate out of the equation, Halloween ranks second in candy sales.

Sales are shown in millions of dollars at grocery stores, drug stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, military commissaries, and select club and dollar chains for the 52 weeks ended August 8, 2021. Easter $447.0337 Share 27% Halloween $313.26 Share 26.12% Christmas $157.59 Share 22.27 Valentine's Day $157.59 Share 13.14 Other $14.46 Share 1.21 Type: Generic products. Source: The Manufacturing Confectioner, Oct. 2021, p. 11 from IRI. Subject Categories: Confectionery Products. SIC: 2064 - Candy and Other Confectionery Products. NAICS: 311340 - Non-Chocolate Confectionery Manufacturing. Full Text: Copyright 2024 Gale, part of Cengage Group.

Who is making all that candy? Check Business Rankings Annual!

World's Largest Candy Companies, 2022. From Business Rankings Annual (2024 ed.). Ranked by: Net sales, in millions of U.S. dollars. Remarks: Also notes headquarters, number of plants and employees, chief officer, and types of products manufactures. Number listed in source: 100. 1. Mars Wrigley, div. of Mars Inc., with $22,000 million 2. Mondelez International, $14,413 3. Ferrero Group, $13,081 4. The Hershey Company, $10,317 5. Nestle SA, $8,451 6. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG, $5,119 7. Pladis $3,493 8. Haribo GmbH & Co. K.G. $3,300 9. Perfetti Van Melle, $2,546 10. Meiji Co. Ltd, $2,397 Source: Candy Industry, Global Top 1oo (annual), January 19, 2023. Subject Categories: Candy Industry. SIC: 3556 - Food Products Machinery; 0752 - Animal Specialty Services.

Want to find quick details on that seasonal favorite, Spirit Halloween stores? Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies has brief descriptions of many companies.

listed data concerning the popular Halloween store, Spirit Halloween. Websites include: http://www.spirithalloween.com; http://twitter.com/spirithalloween; http://www.instagram.com/spirithalloween; http://www.pinterest.com/spirithalloween; http://www.facebook.com/spirithalloween. Parent Company: Spencer Gifts L.L.C.. Type: Private; Subsidiary; Headquarters. Fiscal Year End: 12-31. Financial Data: Sales - $1,100 M (Estimate) (Company Information). Employees: 5000 (Company Information). Founded: 1983. Description: A seasonal retailer of products having to do with Halloween, including costumes for all ages, masks, indoor and outdoor decor items, party goods, animatronics, and accessories. SIC: 5632 - Women's Accessory and Specialty Stores. 5947 - Gift, Novelty and Souvenir Shops. Historical Financial Data: 2021: $1,100 M (Estimate) Sales - Company Information; 5000 Employees. 2015: $71.84 M (Estimate) Sales - Company Information; 5000 Employees. Full Text: Copyright 2024 Gale, part of Cengage Company.

I’ll bet that Spirit Halloween stores is a member of the Halloween Industry Association. What’s that? Read about it in the Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the United States. The Halloween Industry Association brings together companies whose products include “costumes, decor, novelty items, and party supplies.”

Do you love haunted houses as much as some of our librarians? You might be interested in The Haunted Attraction Association (HAA), also listed in the Encyclopedia of Associations.

AND have you ever read Hauntworld Magazine, listed in the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (2024 ed.)?

Read about more business-related resources on the Company Research guide by Penny Scott, Reference Librarian & Business Liaison.

Image of “Candy corn and cream pumpkins” by Jamal Fanaian from Orlando, FL, United States, This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license, via Wikimedia Commons.