Spirit Halloween

Spirit Halloween Superstores LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
FounderJoseph Marver
Headquarters,
Number of locations
1,400+ (only during fall)
Area served
North America
Products
ParentSpencer Gifts
Websitewww.spirithalloween.com Edit this at Wikidata

Spirit Halloween Superstores, LLC is an American seasonal retailer that supplies Halloween decorations, costumes, props and accessories. It is the United States' largest Halloween retailer.[1] It is currently owned by Spencer Gifts. It was founded in 1983 and began in the Castro Valley "Village Shopping Center" in the San Francisco East Bay Area, California, and has headquarters in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.[2] In 1999, the store had 60 seasonal locations.[3][4] Today, the pop-up retailer opens over a thousand locations across the United States and Canada each Halloween season.

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