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October 17, 2025

How a family-owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer

AP Photo/Terry Chea [enlarge]
A family that runs two costume stores in Chicago is putting a creative twist on Halloween this year due to tariffs on Chinese imports.

NEW YORK — With Halloween on the horizon, Chicago Costume is stuffed. Packaged costumes, including superheros and Japanese animation characters in both kid and adult sizes, dangle near colorful wigs and bottles of fake blood. Downstairs, vintage clothes from the 1970s beg for one more boogie night.


 
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