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CBS News
3 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Spirit Halloween says it's canceling its season opening event in Egg Harbor Township due to tariffs
Citing "international disruptions and supply chain challenges," spooky decoration and costume emporium Spirit Halloween announced it is canceling its annual grand opening event, which typically draws a large crowd to the Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, store in the heat of summer. A statement on the decision was posted on Spirit Halloween's social accounts and While Spirit didn't use the words "tariff" or "tariffs" in the statement, international trade has been disrupted in 2025 after President Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs on goods from almost every foreign country, a move that has caused wild disruptions in the stock market and caused many companies to reassess how they do business. Some Halloween lovers traveled from thousands of miles away for Spirit's 2024 season kickoff event and Chopper 3 showed a line snaking around the store outside. Luckily for Halloween lovers, they plan to bring the event back in 2026. Chopper 3/CBS News Philadelphia Spirit says over 1,500 Halloween stores are on track to open in mid-August despite the grand opening event being off. "The engines are on, and we're full speed ahead," Spirit said. Known for its pop-up stores — the company owns no permanent physical storefronts, according to CBS MoneyWatch — Spirit has been praised for the yearly logistical feat in which it opens hundreds of temporary brick-and-mortar locations months ahead of Halloween, staffs and stocks them, and then disappears once the holiday is over. Spirit Halloween also experimented with "Spirit Christmas" stores in 2024, opening 10 locations across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
CBS News
20-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
New Jersey community remembers 13-year-old killed in crash in Egg Harbor Township
A New Jersey community came together to pay tribute to 13-year-old Mu'Zahir Moore, who was killed in a crash in Egg Harbor Township over the weekend. "He was only 13 years old," Leonard Robinson, Mu'Zahir's uncle, said. "He had a lot of life to live." Family, friends and many in the South Jersey sports community are remembering Mu'Zahir, who was better known as "Mu." At 13, his uncle says the teen was making a name for himself on both the basketball court and football field. "He was looking forward to going to college, going to high school, doing everything young athletes dream about," Robinson said. "He was a bright spot, a very bright spot." JSmart Photography Crowds of people gathered Tuesday in Atlantic City for a celebration of life. Mu's coach says that on Saturday afternoon, the eighth grader was getting ready for a basketball tournament. He was walking home with a friend after leaving Bargaintown Park in Egg Harbor Township. Police said a 71-year-old driver swerved to avoid another car near Delaware and Fernwood avenues, when he lost control, overturned and struck the teens on the grass shoulder. Mu died from his injuries at the hospital. His friend suffered minor injuries and was treated on the scene. "He was dominant. He was special on and off the field, on and off the basketball court," Tory Cavalieri, with the South Jersey Select Basketball program, said, "but he had something about him that every teacher and every coach who has coached him would tell you the same thing, his smile was contagious and his work ethic was second to none." Cavalieri said he coached Mu since third grade. "His name was out there to scouts and coaches who already were keeping an eye on that eighth-grade class," Cavalieri said. CBS News Philadelphia "He was a wonderful kid, modest, gentle, respectable, like a perfect child," Shanee Muhammad said. Mu was also part of the Pleasantville Jokers Youth Football league. On Sunday, Muhammad helped organize a community vigil in Mu's honor. Muhammad said teams and coaches from across the area showed up to support his family. Now, both his basketball and football coaches said they will retire his jersey Nos. 4 and 1 as another way to honor his impact in the community. "Any ball he put his hands on, he was just going to conquer the moment," Muhammad said. Police said the crash remains under investigation.
