Thanks to people like Bundy Manson, Halloween is starting earlier and lasting longer than ever. And he represents a growing group of consumers. Melanie Detritus writes about emerging trends for Cheap Junk, a journal of the doodad and gewgaw industry. Commercial Sociologist Garth Fusting says the growth in Halloween kitsch is a symptom widespread alienation that will grow before it levels off. Well, there's Love, for one, and Fear.
Love has a lot going for it, it's a great rewarding intense feeling but it does take some time.
You gotta get to know somebody. But Fear, that's fast. You can have a really intense fear relationship with somebody you don't know. In fact it's better if you don't know them. With everybody so busy, I think fear has the edge.