Americans spent a record $12.2B on Halloween last year and inflation concerns be damned, surveys show they intend to splurge on the holiday even more this year. The big winner in all of this? Theme parks, which have been engaging in an arms race to attract (and petrify) the masses. Plus: Amazon goes nuclear (literally), and a new Prada-designed space suit is here.

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