10-24-2005, 11:48 AM
Quote:Getz, 33, founded online business Buycostumes.com in a warehouse in the Milwaukee suburbs in 1999 to take advantage of Wisconsin's central U.S. location and cheap rent.
Being an e-tailer also meant not having to open a retail space for just two months of the year, or stock other items. Money saved on storefronts goes to maintaining a stock of 10,000 Halloween items 100 times what most retailers carry for the season.
full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051023/ap_o...een_online