Moving day today for Halloween Express as it starts to set up shop in the former Walgreens building on Decorah and Main Street in West Bend.
It’s been two years since Halloween Express was in West Bend and franchise owner Jim Purvis said he is excited to come back.
“This is going to be a great store inside a great location,” said Halloween Express franchise owner James Purvis.
Halloween Express is known for “carrying the absolute largest selection of Halloween costumes and Halloween merchandise.”
Purvis is leasing the former Walgreens location which has sat empty for the past six years.
Purvis has another Halloween Express megastore on County Line Road in the Germantown Plaza and he has another outlet in Fond du Lac.
“I tend to overbuy,” said Purvis. “But I’m able to go a little deeper with my product supply.”
Purvis carries higher quality makeup and Halloween Express will also carry “all the characters” in the current political arena.
“One thing people will notice right away is the shop ability of the store,” Purvis said. “It’ll be well organized in sections and displays.”
As preliminary set up begins today, Purvis has a soft opening set for Sept. 1.
There will also be a ‘Haunted Gauntlet.’
“It’s like a mini haunted house built into an aisle of the store,” said Purvis. “Some of the little kids avoid it but it’ll be dark and have some of the mechanical monsters.”
Halloween Express will start with 5 employees and grow to 15 during the height of the season. Halloween Express secured its lease through Adam Williquette at Anderson Commercial Group. Its lease runs through Nov. 2, 2016.