Here are the top 13 reasons the business world loves Halloween:

13. People buy lots of candy. 

12. Employees who wear weird clothing fit in with everyone else.

11. People buy lots of makeup.

10. People buy lots of fabric.

9. People buy lots of low-quality sound bites and spooky music for exorbitant prices.

8. Tech companies can redirect some fear away from Google.

7. People buy lots of Halloween schwag - plastic buckets, orange and black sweaters, "I don't do costumes" T-shirts, etc.

6. Publishers and media networks make tons off of advertising all the candy and the makeup and the fabric and the schwag.

5. The serious types get something fun to write about.

4. The fun types get something scary to write about.

3. The scary types get an excuse to scare people.

2. Bosses get an excuse to crack lame Halloween jokes.

1. Employees get a chance to build rapport with their bosses by chuckling at said lame Halloween jokes.

There you have it, folks!