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  "company": "Adults / Adultoween",
  "headline": "Adults are driving $13.5 billion in Halloween spending, per emerging seasonal trend.",
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  "source_name": "Modern Retail",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}\n◆ PAPER · Adultoween category expansion · Adults / Adultoween\n\nAdults are driving $13.5 billion in Halloween spending, per emerging seasonal trend.\n\nHalloween was always a kids' holiday. Now it's an adult spending event. That's not a trend; it's a demographic shift. Adults have disposable income and are hosting. Kids get cheaper costumes; adults get better parties. If you make anything seasonal, do not ignore this. Test a premium line aimed at the demographic that has money and is already looking. The beauty is they're *looking* — you just need to show them a product that matches their aesthetic and their wallet.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/adults-adultoween-2026-10-26t06-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/adults-adultoween-2026-10-26t06-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/adults-adultoween-2026-10-26t06-7",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}\n◆ PAPER · Adultoween category expansion · Adults / Adultoween\n\nAdults are driving $13.5 billion in Halloween spending, per emerging seasonal trend.\n\nHalloween was always a kids' holiday. Now it's an adult spending event. That's not a trend; it's a demographic shift. Adults have disposable income and are hosting. Kids get cheaper costumes; adults get better parties. If you make anything seasonal, do not ignore this. Test a premium line aimed at the demographic that has money and is already looking. The beauty is they're *looking* — you just need to show them a product that matches their aesthetic and their wallet.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/adults-adultoween-2026-10-26t06-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/adults-adultoween-2026-10-26t06-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/adults-adultoween-2026-10-26t06-7",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}\n◆ PAPER · Adultoween category expansion · Adults / Adultoween\n\nAdults are driving $13.5 billion in Halloween spending, per emerging seasonal trend.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/adults-adultoween-2026-10-26t06-7",
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      "title": "Adults are driving $13.5 billion in Halloween spending, per emerging seasonal trend.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nPer Modern Retail, adults are fueling $13.5 billion in Halloween spending, with home decor, food, and beverage categories growing as 'Adultoween' becomes a seasonal driver.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): an aging demo often means an upsell. If your product touches Halloween (candles, spirits, decor, snacks), test a 'luxury' or 'premium' line aimed at adults 30-50 who are hosting parties or decorating homes. Price it 20-30% higher than the baseline. The play: this week, audit your product and create a 'for adults' positioning variation — different copy, different imagery, different price point — and test it in paid social targeting 35-54 year-old homeowners. Measure AOV and repeat rate against your current baseline.\nWhat that means for you: Halloween was always a kids' holiday. Now it's an adult spending event. That's not a trend; it's a demographic shift. Adults have disposable income and are hosting. Kids get cheaper costumes; adults get better parties. If you make anything seasonal, do not ignore this. Test a premium line aimed at the demographic that has money and is already looking. The beauty is they're *looking* — you just need to show them a product that matches their aesthetic and their wallet.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Modern Retail: https://www.modernretail.co/marketing/the-rise-of-adultoween-and-how-adults-are-driving-halloween-spending/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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