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Americans Will Spend $370 Million on Pet Costumes

By: Big 2 News Staff
Updated: October 10, 2012
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You might call it a sign of economic growth. You can definitely call it a sign people love their pets.

Costumes like this will cost Americans 370-million dollars, this year. That's right. Americans will spend 370-million dollars on costumes for their pets. That's up 19-percent from 2011.

According to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation, pumpkins will be the most popular pet costumes. "Devil" will be the second-most popular pet costume. Also among the most popular costumes are dogs dressed up as cats and cats dressed up as dogs.

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