Oct 16 2011
One of the best things about October is Halloween — and one of the best things about Halloween is scary movies. this year, there are plenty of new offerings on Blu-ray and DVD. PHOTOS: Iconic Horror Movies Scream 4 hit shelves earlier this week and while it didn’t fulfill its promise of returning glory to [...]
Oct 14 2011
By Angel Perkins, Editor Melody Cherrone recently celebrated her resale shop’s second year anniversary. This-N-That is located at 117 N. Center St., Bremen. Photo by Angel Perkins Melody Cherrone recently celebrated her business’ two year anniversary in Bremen. She opened This-N-That Sept. 1 of 2009 a business she said she had thought about since she [...]
Oct 11 2011
LAS CRUCES – How much do you plan to spend for the Halloween season? if you’re like the “average American” the price tag for the creepy holiday will come to $72.31. The National Retail Federation reports that total spending on Halloween will top out at $6.86 billion this year, as people appear to want to [...]
Oct 10 2011
Ghouls and goblins galore, Halloween celebrations will be“boo”ming this year as more people than ever are expected topartake in traditional festivities. According to National Retail Federation’s (NRF) 2011 HalloweenConsumer Intentions and Actions Survey, 7 in 10 Americans (68.6percent) plan to celebrate Halloween, up from 63.8 percent lastyear and the most in NRF’s 10-year survey history. [...]
Sep 29 2011
Every year Hollywood has a big effect on the popularity of Halloween costumes and this year is no different. Whether it’s a movie based in comedy, action, drama, mystery or sci-fi there is always a character or characters that seem to reach out to moviegoers just begging to be portrayed in costume during the Halloween [...]
Sep 29 2011
Halloween celebrations will be “boo-ming" this year as more people than ever are expected to partake in traditional festivities. According to NRF’s 2011 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey conducted by BIGresearch, seven in 10 Americans (68.6%) plan to celebrate Halloween, up from 63.8 percent last year and the most in NRF’s 10-year survey history. [...]
Sep 28 2011
Sainsbury’s is launching a limited edition spooky Halloween ice-cream on the 12th of October. The spine-chilling dairy ice cream is a mint flavoured ‘toxic sludge’ with swirls of strawberry ‘zombie blood’ and white chocolate ‘crunchy broken bones’. the product is designed by Christopher George, 9, from Hampshire, winner of Sainsbury’s Halloween I-Scream Competition. Lianna Costin, [...]
Sep 21 2011
For several years, it has been the practice of marketers, retailers and media companies to start making their pitches earlier and earlier for the important Christmas shopping season. More recently, they have been moving up the calendar for Halloween. And in the last couple of years, it has become apparent that Madison Avenue is trying [...]
Aug 24 2011
Christmas is a time of year when people re-establish connections with people. It is traditionally a time when Christmas cards are sent to far flung relatives and friends, giving people the chance to pass on festive wishes and indeed let them know of any important news that has occurred during the year. as people have [...]
