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The Web's Most Popular Costume Store!

Founded in 1999, BuyCostumes.com is the leading online retailer of costumes, props and accessories for year-round needs. The company carries over 15,000 exclusive and licensed costumes, attracting over 10 m customers to its website during October for Halloween. Products from BuyCostumes.com are enjoyed by consumers worldwide, and shipped both directly to the home and through "big box" retailers. Its 470,000 sq. ft. world-class corporate headquarters and distribution center is located on a 27-acre campus outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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An extremely valuable resource for costumes throughout the year.

For media inquiries, please contact our public relations department:

Holly Botsford, Public Relations Manager
Phone: 262-901-2831
Fax: 262.901.2315
hollybo@buyseasons.com
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- November 7, 2012 BuyCostumes.com's final tally proves Obama beat Romney by 100 masks
- November 5, 2012 BuyCostumes.com's official Mask Poll predicts Mitt Romney will be our 45th President
- October 26, 2012 BuyCostumes.com's Mask Poll is leaning strongly towards a Romney win
- October 8, 2012 BuyCostumes.com Official Presidential Mask Poll indicates Obama will get Re‐elected
- September 24, 2012 BuyCostumes.com offers Favorite Costumes Giveaway Contest on Pinterest
- September 19, 2012 BuyCostumes.com Launches a New YouTube Costume Video Experience
- September 4, 2012 BuyCostumes.com launches "Romancing the Costume" Short Story Contest
- August 28, 2012 BuyCostumes.com Official Presidential Mask Poll offers up tricks and treats for the 2012 election season
- March 29, 2012 Online Poll Could Unmask Wisconsin Primary Results
- February 29, 2012 BuyCostumes.com Mask Poll to Gauge Super Tuesday Election Results
- December 29 , 2011 BuyCostumes.com Launches Presidential Mask Poll
- December 19 , 2011 BuyCostumes.com Announces Winner of $10K Prize Drawing
- October 24, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Teams Up with AMC and The Walking Dead
- October 20, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Offers ShopRunner(sm)
- October 14, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Releases Ghosts and Goblins on Mobile Platform
- October 6, 2011 Wisconsin Costume Company Breaks World Record for Most People Dressed as Video Game Characters
- September 26, 2011 BuyCostumes.com to Attempt to Break the Guinness Book of World Records for the Most People Dressed as Video Game Characters
- September 19, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Releases First Trends for Halloween
- September 2, 2011 BuySeasons, Inc. Celebrates Major Expansion
- September 1, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Powers Up Affiliate Partners with $50,000 in Cash and Prizes
- April 5, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Finds Surprising Success with April Fool's Joke
- April 1, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Announces Release of Real Life Superhero Costumes
- January 14, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Affiliate Challenge dishes out $50,000+ in cash and prizes
- October 7, 2010 Rider Will Wear Costume for a Day During Pablove Across America Tour
- September 13, 2010 BuyCostumes.com Offering Limited Edition Superhero Costumes
- September 13, 2010 BuyCostumes.com Offering Limited Edition Superhero Costumes
- August 13, 2010 BuyCostumes.Com Introduces New Costume Kits
- December 31, 2009 5th Annual BuyCostumes.com Affiliate Sweepstakes makes one affiliate brother-sister team $10,000 richer
- October 6, 2009 The world's largest online Halloween Costume store offers 5 products under $5, 5 days a week
- January 2, 2009 Ringing in the New Year with over $50,000 in BuyCostumes.com Affiliate Sweepstakes Prizes
- October 29, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI BuyCostumes.com is the first to release official results of the 2008 Presidential Mask Poll.
- June 18, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI BuyCostumes.com prepares for the official launch of exclusive Animal Planet Brand costumes due to hit shelves this fall.
- June 6, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI Read the Full Article Obama will be the next President of the United States according to Mask Sales Poll.
- March 31, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI BuyCostumes.com, the world's largest Internet based retailer of costumes and party supplies, begins operating out of its new 360,000 sq. ft. facility today.
- March 17, 2008 - Las Vegas, NV BuyCostumes.com wins "Online Party Retailer of the Year" during the National Party Retailing Awards 2008 at the TransWorld's International Halloween Costume and Party Show.
- January 28, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI This week, BuyCostumes.com, the word's largest e-tailer of costumes and accessories, unveils The Official 2008 Presidential Mask Poll, an online straw poll that tallies votes for each presidential candidate based on sales of the candidates' masks.
- December 5, 2007 - Milwaukee, WI Halloween was alive and well for two affiliates this season; Sunshine Promotions and Jonas Halpren have both won $10,000 in the annual Halloween...
- October 25, 2007 - New York, NY Buycostumes.com was the most visited website amongst a custom category of 22 leading online costume retailers.
- February 23, 2007 - Chicago, IL BuyCostumes.com wins "Best Store Marketing and Promotions Award" at National Party Retailing Awards 2007.
- December 6, 2006 - Milwaukee, WI Christmas comes early for one Halloween affiliate; Coupon Cabin, Inc. has won the $10,000 "Super Affiliate" grand price awarded by BuyCostumes.com, the Internet's largest Halloween and Costume retailer.
- October 26, 2006 - Milwaukee, WI BuyCostumes.com beats Victoria Secret, Gap.com and others as most visited apparel website according to Hitwise.
- June 30, 2006 - Milwaukee, WI It's a bird. It's a plane. No...it's "Comics Attack!" BuyCostumes.com to Don Costumes, Swoop into Milwaukee Events to Promote the Milwaukee Art Museum's Masters of American Comics Exhibit.
- June 13, 2006 - Milwaukee, WI BIRTHDAY BASHES MADE EASY: World's largest Internet retailer of costumes, BuyCostumes.com, expands business into Party/Birthday Celebration niche market.
- March 15, 2006 - Milwaukee, WI Since 1999, BuySeasons Inc. has grown exponentially and, via the company's primary e-commerce website www.BuyCostumes.com, has become the world's largest internet retailer of Halloween costumes and accessories. In that time, we've also turned heads from coast to coast when we mention that we're based just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We are proud of that fact.
- January 2006 - Milwaukee, WI Announcing the BuyCostumes.com $10,000 Halloween Treasure Affiliate WINNER!!! Congratulations to Adam Viener and IMWAVE, Inc. as BuyCostumes.com has issued $40,000 in prizes this Halloween.
- November 4, 2005 - Milwaukee, WI BuyCostumes.com leads apparel site with 81% traffic growth study says
- October, 2005 - Milwaukee, WI BuyCos tumes.com's Battle of the Blockbusters. When Hollywood takes Halloween by storm, star powers collide to reveal the true A-list.
- November 9, 2004 - New Berlin, WI BuyCostumes.com did it again! Their Presidential mask poll predicted the next President! Mask sales of George W. Bush led those of John Kerry mask 53% to 47%!
- May 25, 2004 - Milwaukee, WI BUYSEASONS, Inc. ranked #76 on Entrepreneur and D&B's Hot 100 list for 2004.
- April 22, 2004 - Milwaukee, WI BUYSEASONS Inc., the parent company of BuyCostumes.com and Deal.com, has named Daniel Haight as Chief Operating Officer.
- March 26, 2004 - Milwaukee, WI Social Trends and Political Changes Clearly Affect Costume Sales - Since the release of "The Passion of the Christ" on February 24, 2004, BuyCostumes.com has noticed a huge increase in sales and orders from the Jesus wigs and beards to Easter Bunny costumes.
- October 8, 2003 — Milwaukee, WI BuyCostumes.com has the hottest costumes for adult men and women, kids, pets and even couples costumes.
- October 6, 2003 — Milwaukee, WI BuyCostumes.com Prepares for 2004 Presidential Election with Masks - Is Al Sharpton's face going to be immortalized in latex for 2004? Or will that honor go to Joe Lieberman? Maybe Wesley Clark? Mask makers are ready to find out who gets their attention.
- September 26, 2003 — Milwaukee, WI Safety Tips To Make Sure Halloween Is All Treats And No Tricks For Kids - Halloween is a time to have fun and to be creative while keeping in mind that it is also important to keep your children and yourself safe during the spookiest night of the year.
- September 22, 2003 — Milwaukee, WI How to have a Spooktacular Halloween!!! Halloween 2003's BuyCostumes.com and EverythingHalloween.com Resource guide for Everything you need!!!
- October 21, 2002 — Milwaukee, WI UWM Rowdies - BuyCostumes.com supports the #11 UWM Panthers Men's Soccer Team by dressing their rowdy fans in mullet wigs, as pirates, in gorilla suits… #11 UWM has the longest winning streak in the country and they owe it all to the craziest fans in the country.
- October 10, 2002 — Milwaukee, WI 2002 Hottest Costumes - What's hot for 2002? BuyCostumes.com lists the hottest selling costumes of 2002.
- October 3, 2002 — Milwaukee, WI Fact Sheet 2002 - BuyCostumes.com continues to be recognized as one of the best resources for expert advice and information about Halloween facts, tips and trends, costumes, masks and accessories.
- October 1, 2002 — Milwaukee, WI 2002 Safety Tips - Here are some guidelines from Buycostumes.com to help keep your kids safe, happy and healthy while enjoying their costumes.
- October, 2002 — Milwaukee, WI Costume Comparison - Ever wonder hour-for-hour, dollar-for-dollar how much time is actually spent making or buying a Halloween costume and its accessories?
- September 25, 2002 — Milwaukee, WI Halloween 2002 Resource Guide - According to sales on BuyCostumes.com, thousands of adult men are walking around in body-hugging Spiderman costumes.
- July 12, 2001 — New York, NY Newtek Invests in BuySeasons.
- May 24, 2001 — Microsoft BuyCostumes.com switches from Linux to Microsoft.
- May 4, 2001 — Milwaukee WI Need clues on how to be cool this Halloween?
- April 10, 2001 — Milwaukee WI What is your time worth? As you plan your costume for Halloween, compare how you'll use your time.
- March 14, 2001 — Milwaukee WI Be prepared this Halloween. We can tell you which costumes will be really hot this year.
Media Clip Archive
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- Runner's World Magazine - June 6, 2012 It's National Running Day, So Here's a Video of Us Running in Costumes.
- The Active Pursuit - May 8, 2012 BuyCostumes makes a play for muddy market.
- Inc. Magazine - February 28, 2012 Presidential Race Heats Up Sales.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - December 30, 2011 BuyCostumes.com mask poll proves to be accurate.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - October 28, 2011 BuySeasons provides seasonal workers job contacts, new network.
- Retail TouchPoints - October 25, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Aims To Set Halloween Sales Records With Mobile Optimized Site.
- USA Today - October 18, 2011 F acebook users 'like' chatting about Halloween costumes.
- Real Milwaukee - October 18, 2011 Tony gives you a Halloween preview during a visit to BuyCostumes.
- OnMilwaukee.com - October 4, 2011 BuyCostumes goes for most people dressed as video game characters world record.
- Internet Retailer - September 29, 2011 Costume e-retailer BuySeasons expands its office and warehouse.
- The Business Journal - September 23, 2011 BuySeasons makes moves beyond Halloween.
- Internet Retailer.com - November 4, 2005
  Internet Retailer listed BuyCostumes.com as the apparel site with the largest growth based on a study by Nielsen NetRatings with 81% growth Read Full Article.
- Inc. Magazine - November 2005
  Each year, Inc. magazine produces the Inc. 500, a list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. BuyCostumes.com received accolades as the fastest growing company in Wisconsin and the 75th fastest growing private company in the nation.
- Live with Regis and Kelly - October 31, 2005
- MSNBC.com - October 28, 2005
  Halloween Goes Hollywood - "Halloween will soon be here, ghosts and goblins will appear," goes a popular seasonal song... Read Full Article.
- Fox News National: Fox & Friends - October 27, 2005
- New York Times - October 26, 2005
  The Spirit of Indulgence Grows Up. Read the Full Article.
- CNNMoney.com - October 24, 2005
  Halloween taps the big screen. Darth Vader expected to be among the most popular outfits for this year's celebration. Read Full Article.
- Good Morning America (ABC) - October 24, 2005
  Good Morning America features costumes from BuyCostumes.com on its morning broadcast. See the GMA Staff in photos here.
- InternetWeek.com - October 24, 2005
  No Spooky Traffic Stats, Halloween Sites Treated With Visitors. For Halloween-related sites, the first week of October continued to be more like Christmas.
- Forbes.com - October 23, 2005
  Online Retailers Cashing in on Halloween
- October 23, 2005 - New Berlin, WI
  Associated Press - Ryan Nakashima
  Miami Herald (Miami, FL) - Jalem Getz used to dislike the lack of seasons in his native California. Now he uses the extreme seasonality of the Halloween business to turn a big profit. Read Full Article
- CBS Early Show - October 23, 2005
- ABC News Good Morning America - October 23, 2005
  Online Retailers Cashing in on Halloween - "I think it's the convenience factor and just being able to find what you want," Read Full Article.
- Potomac News (Williams Co, VA) - October 19, 2005
  Cool Costumes for Couples and Groups. Halloween isn't just for kids anymore. In fact, the National Retail Foundation reports that more than half of adults between the ages of 18 and 24 will dress up this year.
- USAToday.com - October 13, 2005
  Kids treat themselves to multiple costumes; All tricked out This year's hot Halloween costumes may be dominated by the standard summer blockbuster fare. Read Article.
- USA Today - October 12, 2005
  Streaming video website brings costumes to life... It's a new twist on the old Halloween horror show. BuyCostumes.com's new streaming video website, BuyCostumes.tv, features a how-to fashion show... Read Full Article.
- Spike! TV - October 2005
- Good Morning America - October 2005
- Associated Press (AP) Newswire feature and photo National Wire picked up by over 80 newspapers Including:
  Investors Business Daily (National)
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
  Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle WA)
  Washington Times (Washington DC)
- InformationWeek.com - August 15, 2005
  The Web Moves - Web video isn't perfect. But it's good enough that now is the time for businesses to give it a close look. Read Full Article.
- JSOnline.com - August 4, 2005
  All dressed up for Internet push - New Berlin firm tries Web TV. A 24-7 parade of vampires, Power Rangers and fairy princesses will start running on the Internet this month.
- BuyCostumes.com Appears on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  New Berlin, WI - March 13, 2005
  BuySeasons Inc., the parent company of BuyCostumes.com has proudly participated in the popular ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. BuyCostumes.com has provided 2 children's construction worker costumes to the show. Watch for the episode appearing on Sunday, March 13th at 8/7c!
  For more information, please contact: marketing@buyseasons.com To see clips from the show, please visit ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Web site: http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/index.html.
- May 25, 2004 - Milwaukee, WI
  BUYSEASONS, Inc. ranked #76 on Entrepreneur and D&B's Hot 100 list for 2004. Read the Full Article.
- MTV's Road Rules/Real World — 2003/2004
  BuyCostumes.com provided the costumes for the Halloween episode for Real World/Road Rules.
- MTV's Road Rules/Real World — 2003/2004
  BuyCostumes.com provided the costumes for the Halloween episode for Real World/Road Rules.
- The Wayne Brady Show - October 29, 2003
  The Wayne Brady Show hosted a Dog's Halloween fashion show featuring costumes supplied by BuyCostumes.com.
- The 'Early Show' - October 21, 2003
  The Early Show hosted a Halloween Fashion show featuring some of the 'hot' costumes for 2003, including the Hulk Super Deluxe Costume provided by BuyCostumes.com.
- The Today Show — October 16, 2003
  The Today Show hosted a Children's Halloween Fashion Show featuring costumes supplied by BuyCostumes.com.
- WGST-AM — October 30, 2002
- Buycostumes.com has everything from "Star Wars; Episode II - Attack of the Clones" character Amidala to Velma from "Scooby-Doo." For late-night TV-psychic fans, there's even an unauthorized Miss Cleo costume.
- The Today Show — October 25, 2002
  The Today Show hosted a Children's Halloween Fashion Show featuring costumes supplied by BuyCostumes.com.
- USA Today — October 18, 2002
  Halloween costumers give up the ghost, go for Spidey - "Imagining scores of little boys scaling sidewalks as Spidey is easy. But Krohn [Diana Krohn, Marketing Manager of BuyCostumes.com] acknowledges that she is baffled by why men have made him a must-wear." Read the Full Article.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — October 17, 2002
  Retailers are hoping for a treat - "Buycostumes.com ended 2001 with a 300% sales gain and is nearly 300% ahead of that as Halloween approaches."
- Wall Street Journal — October 11, 2002
  For Adults, a Costume Drama - "Nobody would have guessed that a simple pilgrim costume would eventually wow us. The outfit and accessories we got from Buycostumes.com came with all the right details, right down to the strap-on shoe buckles. It was sturdy, and comfortable too, making Buycostumes.com our winner for Best Quality."
- WXIA-TV, Atlanta, Georgia — October 11, 2002
  "After selling out of its initial shipment of about 1,000 Spider-Man costumes in August, online retailer BuyCostumes.com is hawking its fourth order."
- abcNEWS.com — October 4, 2002
  Buck Wolf highlights BuyCostumes.com's Lady Liberty costume in The Wolf Files. Read the Full Article.
- WizardWorld.com — September 30, 2002
  "'We were very busy with patriotic costumes all summer. This Halloween we're still seeing that strong American pride, along with an amazing sense of humor.' Adult men seem to have the most off-the-wall taste of anyone. They even out-purchased young boys on the Spongebob Squarepants costumes."
- Small Business Times — September 13, 2002
  Buyseason, Inc. is a 1st Year Winner of the 2002 Future 50 Award, presented each year by the Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE), the small business section of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC). "The Future 50 list, now in its 15th year, is compiled from a pool of nominees of privately-owned companies that have been launched during the last 10 years in the four-county metro Milwaukee area. Each winner reported significant growth in employment and strong revenue growth during the last two years." (www.macc.org) Read the Full Article.
- Real Simple Magazine — September 2002
  TO DO LIST - September - If you can only do one thing this month, do one of these:
  #3. Order Halloween costumes online. Outfit your ghosts and goblins with getups from www.buycostumes.com. It has the classic (fairy princess) and the contemporary (Spider-Man).
- ecommerce-guide.com — June 28, 2002
  Case Study: BuySeasons/Microsoft Commerce 2000 - Read the Full Article.
- The Christian Science Monitor — October 24, 2001
  What Costume to Wear for Halloween – Uncle Sam or Shrek? Read the Full Article.
- The CBS Early Show — October 22, 2001
  Diana Krohn from BuyCostumes.com shows the latest Halloween costume trends for kids. Read the Full Article.
- The Las Vegas Review-Journal — October 21, 2001
  Expect young trick-or-treaters to don police, firefighter costumes. Read the Full Article.
- Los Angeles Times — October 14, 2001
  Consumers Focus on Security, Home Comfort – the turn to patriotic costumes following 9/11.
- USA Today Snapshots — October 9, 2001
  Firefighter costumes are hot this year. Statistics for increase in hero costumes.
- CBS.MarketWatch.com — October 4, 2001
  Anything for Halloween? Second-biggest holiday for sales sets up shop on the Web.
- USA Today — October 1, 2001
  Ghouls give way to America's heroes this Halloween. Read the Full Article.
- FamilyEducation.com — October 2001
  Halloween Costumes, 2001: From Fab to Frugal. Read the Full Article.
- Yahoo! Internet Life — October 2001
  Click-or-Treat – "Find outfits for yourself, the kids, and even the dog at BuyCostumes.com."
- Parents — October 2001
  Provided face makeup for photoshoot.
- J-14 — October 2001
  Provided accessories for photoshoot on how to create your own celebrity costume.
- InStyle — October 2001
  Tools for Ghouls – recommends BuyCostumes.com to make your Halloween shopping easier.
- Chicago Sun-Times — September 9, 2001
  Look like 'Mr. Blow Dry' – mention of our Gary Condit mask poll.
- The Hill — Washington DC — September 5, 2001
  Condit could haunt Halloween – another mention of our Condit poll and the popularity of our Alice Cooper and Gene Simmons masks.
- Newsweek — September 4, 2001
  "Congressman Gary Condit's recent TV appearance didn't do much for his career. But it sure made BuyCostumes.com happy. The company was suddenly deluged with requests for a Condit Halloween mask. BuyCostumes.com will make only about 1,000 masks--it's too late to produce more before mid-October--but CEO Jalem Getz thinks the scandal will yield the year's hottest costume. No Chandra Levy mask, though. "That's going too far," he says."
- New York Post — Page Six — September 4, 2001
  Condit a Halloween Star – mention of our poll on whether to make the Condit mask or not.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — July 22, 2001
  BuyCostumes.com continues to grow and looks like it's on the path to profit. Read the Full Article.
- USA Today — September 7, 2000 — A Halloween Unmasks Oval Office Winners
  BuyCostumes.com offers their own Presidential Poll. Read the Full Article.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — July 26, 2000 — Costume Investor
  With the help of an experienced retail exec and some young entrepreneurs, BuyCostumes.com is moving forward. Read the Full Article.

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An extremely valuable resource for costumes throughout the year.

In The Media View Media Clip Archive

June 6, 2012 It's National Running Day, So Here's a Video of Us Running in Costumes.

February 28, 2012 Presidential Race Heats Up Sales.

December 30, 2011 BuyCostumes.com mask poll proves to be accurate.

October, 2011 Halloween 2011 interview.

October 28, 2011 BuySeasons provides seasonal workers job contacts, new network.

October 25th, 2011 Doggie Halloween Costumes!

October 25, 2011 BuyCostumes.com Aims To Set Halloween Sales Records With Mobile Optimized Site.

October 18, 2011 Facebook users 'like' chatting about Halloween costumes.

October 18, 2011 Tony gives you a Halloween preview during a visit to BuyCostumes.

October 15, 2011 Popular Halloween Costumes for 2011

October 4, 2011 BuyCostumes goes for most people dressed as video game characters world record.

September 29, 2011 Costume e-retailer BuySeasons expands its office and warehouse.

September 23, 2011 BuySeasons makes moves beyond Halloween.

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