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DEVELOPING · 19 OCT → 1 NOV 2026 · 14 EDITIONS · 58 OUTLETS

Halloween spending reaches record as candy inflation weighs on sales

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 29 58 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov 30 Oct 18:28 UTC · Higher candy prices weigh on Halloween sales despite record holiday spending 31 Oct 00:17 UTC · Halloween spending rises as higher candy prices curb sales 31 Oct 06:15 UTC · Halloween spending reaches record as candy inflation weighs on sales

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 30 Oct, 18:28 UTC

    Higher candy prices weigh on Halloween sales despite record holiday spending

  2. 31 Oct, 00:17 UTC

    Halloween spending rises as higher candy prices curb sales

  3. 31 Oct, 06:15 UTC

    Halloween spending reaches record as candy inflation weighs on sales

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • $13.1 billion · from 30 Oct 16:55, 2 outlets
  • Kirk Tanner · from 30 Oct 16:55, 2 outlets