I’ve been in stores. Among my observations:
* candy’s selling, costumes aren’t
* fall themed food is actually more popular from orange icing on cookies to pumpkin flavored everything
* the Halloween sections are smaller than they used to be
* they have already put up some Christmas stuff in the grocery store
* the Christmas section in Lowes’ is bigger than the Halloween
Christmas sections are always bigger than Halloween. I worked in retail for a decade and between the two there is no comparison. Christmas makes or breaks your year.