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It's always around mid-September when almost every vacant out-of-business locale becomes a Halloween superstore. What a sad sign of our recession when overnight dozens and dozens of Halloween superstores (http://www.spirithalloween.com) momentarily pop up. Much like Cinderella at the stroke of midnight, these costume emporiums mysteriously vanish once the clock turns November 1st. It's a sad sign of the recession when more and more fly-by-night Halloween superstore pop up to fill failed businesses in empty shells of long-term for-lease buildings. More... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harmon-leon/do-all-closed-businesses-_b_972007.html)
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