Consumers are adapting to these price hikes in various ways. Some, like Jessica Weathers, a small business owner in Shiloh, Illinois, are finding the costs to be extravagant. Weathers, who typically purchases candy for trick-or-treaters and school and church events, has reduced her purchases significantly this year, expressing disbelief at spending $100 on candy. She even plans to turn off her porch light on Halloween once her limited candy supply runs out.
Online shopping often feels like a one-way street from the point of view of the physical retail world: e-commerce has a wider selection, it s open all the time,