According to the National Retail Federation this Halloween, Americans are said to spend about $370 million on costumes for their pets. There has been a 40% increase from 2010. A women named Stacia Wilkaitis said she has been dressing her dogs up for Halloween since 2004. The NRF also report an average American spends $79.82 on themselves for Halloween.
http://cnnradio.cnn.com/2012/10/31/halloween-for-pets-big-business/?hpt=us_c2
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I will admit that there are some pretty cute costumes for pets. I am not a huge pet person though. I saw in Target a ton of costumes for dogs/cats. It must be common, but I guess I don't see it a ton.
AWWWWWWW!! so cute!! When i get older im going to get a little little puppy and dress it up all the time!! like all the time! not just for halloween!! my puppy is gonna be treated like one of my babies.
I love when animals are wearing costumes! They look so cute! I would most definitely dress up my dog for Halloween!
It's cute seeing little puppies dressed up in costume, but that a lot of money of costumes. I kind of feel bad for some of the pets though.
These costumes are so adorable! I would totally buy one for my rat terrier!
I think it's adoreable! I mean, alot of people get pets when there kids get older and move out, or arn't around as much. Pets are like there babys. I think if i had an adoreable pet i would dress it up too! I think it's just simply adoreable. That's alot of money to spend on something, that isn't a human.. but i totally think it's worth it! (:
I think alot of people dress their dogs up in a costume. I think it is kinda cool, because if peoples kids are dressing up I can see where they would want to dress up their dog.