All Halloween articles – Page 5
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Halloween: 1 August
Following high profile coverage of the fire risks associated with supermarket Halloween fancy dress costumes, are sales about to come crashing down?
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News
Hobgoblin hosts online Halloween gameshow
Hobgoblin is marking Halloween with an online live-streamed gameshow called Wheel of Misfortune.
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McColl’s launches Halloween fundraiser for cardiac charity
McColl’s Retail Group is aiming to raise more than £120,000 for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young this Halloween.
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The Collective debuts Halloween-themed yoghurt
Yoghurt brand The Collective has been inspired to launch a Halloween-themed limited-edition yoghurt by The Grocer.
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Category Report
Halloween Category Report 2014
Halloween is now established as one of the biggest seasonal events of the year, with latest figures putting the festival’s value at £325m in 2013, up 12% year on year.
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Category Report
Focus on Halloween
Halloween delivered £325m in sales last year. How are retailers and suppliers planning to exploit its growing potential this year?
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McVitie's cakes to target Halloween and Bonfire Night
UBUK-owned McVitie’s Cake Company is gearing up for Halloween and Bonfire Night by bringing back a selection of seasonal lines.
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Premier Foods adds Slime & Shock to Halloween line-up
Premier Foods is expanding its Halloween cake offer with two new lines from 15 September…
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Analysis & Features
October hits promotional high as Halloween meets Christmas
It may seem a little early for some but the big retailers are already ramping up their Christmas promotional activity…
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Jaffa Cakes fans go slime bobbing for Halloween
Jaffa Cakes fans have been slime-bobbing for the limited-edition ‘Lime & Slime’ flavour of the popular snack.
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McColl's launches Halloween campaign for Cardiac Risk in the Young
McColl’s Retail Group has launched a campaign to raise money for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) this Halloween.
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Tesco and Asda apologise for ‘mental patient’ costumes
Tesco and Asda have apologised after it emerged they had been selling Halloween costumes depicting ‘mental health’ patients online.
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Analysis & Features
Dragon Rouge gives dairy a scary makeover for Halloween
How can the dairy category make more of occasions? Take a look at these Halloween-inspired dairy concepts from design consultants Dragon Rouge.
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Category Report
Focus on Halloween
Halloween isn’t just for kids. Its appeal is widening as more and more adults are bitten by the bug
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Asda to launch adult Halloween range
Growing numbers of adults are celebrating Halloween without their children, prompting retailers to revamp their seasonal l…
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Category Report
Halloween: NPD
Premier Foods is looking to take a bigger slice of the Halloween cake market with its third ambient Halloween cake line…
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Pound stores rev up for biggest-ever Halloween
They’re raising a glass to Halloween in the pound shops - a pink neon cocktail glass (99p for 8) in the case of 99p Stores…
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Category Report
Halloween: how are retailers cashing in?
Halloween isn’t just for kids. Its appeal is widening as more and more adults are bitten by the bug…
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News
Sour Patch Kids lose their heads for Halloween
Those of a gentle disposition look away now – carnage is coming to the confectionery aisle…
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Brits to spend ‘more than £650m’ on Bonfire Night and Halloween
A YouGov report suggests Brits will spend more than £650m on Bonfire Night and Halloween celebrations this year, despite a minority of adults actually participating.