What else did Americans spend billions on last year? Hey Google. . .
Americans spent $39.4 billion on drunk purchases in 2018.
Halloween Spending- 2018 total is just under the all-time high of $9.1 billion, set last year.
In 2017, $69.51 billion was spent on pets, including more than $6 billion on services like boarding and grooming.
Americans are expected to spend $20.7 billion on Valentine’s Day this year, and only half the population plans to celebrate, according to the National Retail Federation
Parents of adult children contribute $500 billion annually -- twice the amount that they invest in their own retirement accounts.
Americans are expected to spend a total of $14.8 billion on Super Bowl parties
$100 billion — that’s how much Americans spent on sports over the past 12 months
According to the Beverage Marketing Corporation, bottled water was an $18.5 billion industry in the U.S. in 2017.