How does Spirit Halloween choose its locations?

Brooke Williams

August 22, 2024 at 7:10 AM·2 min read

DENVER (KDVR) — Halloween stores are starting to pop up in previously vacant commercial spaces across the Denver metro area.

Most brick-and-mortar stores stay in one location for more than a few months, but Spirit Halloween is only open for a few months of the year, often in different pop-up locations from one year to the next.

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A spokesperson for Spirit Halloween told FOX31 that they “cannot reveal our operational secrets,” but did give some insight into how the company chooses its locations for each spooky season.

“We look to identify stores in lifestyle centers, strip centers, free-standing stores, major downtown retail locations, and in major malls that are surrounded by a national retailer mix. Ideal locations for a Spirit Halloween store offer between 5,000 and 50,000 square feet of sales floor space with great visibility,” the spokesperson said.

According to the website, the company looks for three-month leases in power centers, strip centers, free-standing stores, downtown retail locations and malls surrounded by a mix of other national retailers. The company aims to set up in communities with a population of around 35,000 people living within a 3-5 mile radius.

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