Spooky Saturday | In focus: Halloween

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Halloween is always good for business, but Halloween on a Saturday is best of all. Suppliers are urging convenience stores to be aware of the weekend’s opportunity for increasing sales, with families more able to extend the Halloween celebration because it is outside the standard…

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