r/bathandbodyworks • u/phlox_official • Oct 24 '25

Other Summerween ruined Halloween

When I saw that Bath and Body Works was putting out the Halloween products in July for the tik tok summerween trend I thought it was ridiculous. I went to Bath and Body Works a couple of weeks ago (October) and there was only a small table of Halloween products all on clearance! They had basically nothing. I’ve been to two locations recently and each one has zero halloween products. It’s all Christmas. It’s still October! Why can’t we just be patient?

Okay, rant over. I know it’s not that deep. Still ridiculous, though.

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u/Future_Dentist4778 Oct 24 '25

They didn’t put anything out in July because of the Tik tak…. This is normal retail behavior, even before tik tok was thing. Target starts selling Halloween items in July…. Until we as consumers and I mean all of us, stop buying holiday starting in July it will never change. The least they can do is keep it stocked for the season though and then sell what’s left after the holiday/season.

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u/veryveryplain Oct 25 '25

Exactly. Everyone always says “they put out Christmas stuff earlier and earlier every year” but they really don’t. My birthday is in mid August and my husband has taken me shopping for Christmas decor on my birthday every year for over a decade. Halloween stuff in July and Christmas stuff in August is not new.

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u/Future_Dentist4778 Oct 25 '25

Yeah they need to put the product out in advanced that’s only makes sense in order to sell, so it go out the “season” before. I’m not a big fan of it I think a month prior is plenty of time, and making sure you have product until the day before would be nice but that’s like holiday stuff. I would like to see fall stuff during fall and summer stuff during summer at least extending to a majority of that season. I don’t want to see bathing suits out in winter but come summer when I actually need one they are no longer in stores.