Americans expected to spend record $10 billion on Halloween in 2021

Americans are expected to spend a record $10 billion on Halloween this year.

That's according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).

The NRF says people will spend $2 billion more this year than in 2020 on Halloween candy, decorations and costumes for adults, kids and pets.

Most of the spending-- or over $3.3 billion of it-- will go to costumes.

The organization says it is the most consumers have spent on costumes since 2017.

On average-- consumers are expected to fork over a little more than $102 on Halloween related items.