Party City, the largest party supply store chain in the United States, is closing all its stores, marking the end of nearly four decades in business, an announcement made Friday said.

For this year’s Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Target rolled out its first dedicated Ramadan and Eid, or feast, collection, including decorations.

Americans continued to spend at a solid clip in September even while facing sticker shock in grocery aisles, car lots and restaurants as snarled global supply chains slow the flow of goods.

________________________EARNINGS RESULTS: Party City's first-quarter sales fell 19% as it dealt with temporary store closures. The airlines want the government to re-adopt its previous quarantine policy, where quarantine was limited to passengers from high risk countries. Quarantine measures imposed this week stipulate that all passengers bar a handful of exceptions like truckers or medical workers must fill in a form detailing where they will self-isolate for two weeks. CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS & BANKS: Japans parliament approved a 32 trillion yen ($300 billion) second supplementary budget Friday to help fund 117 trillion yen ($1.1 trillion) in measures to soften the blow to the economy from the virus outbreak. The Office for National Statistics said Friday that all areas of the economy were hit, in particular pubs, education, health and car sales.

Getty Images via CNN(CNN) - The largest US Hispanic civil rights group's national board voted unanimously Friday to urge major manufacturers and retailers to stop selling costumes based on racial stereotypes. The LULAC vote was taken a day after CNN asked the group to respond to photos of costumes sold by Party City, Spirit Halloween, Rubie's Costume Company and on Amazon. CNN affiliate KRQE had earlier reported on shoppers' reaction to a "Mexican Man" costume for sale at a Spirit Halloween store in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "Selling and dressing up in these costumes is just this -- it's racist and unacceptable," Benavides told CNN in an earlier statement. Outrage over similar costumes sold by Spirit Halloween dates to at least October 2009, when the East Bay Times reported on Latino residents of that California community being upset about it.

A brazen home invasion in Brooklyn, New York, earlier this week is a reminder to many to be careful letting delivery workers into your home, because they might not be who they say they are. Impersonating delivery workers or repair personnel is surprisingly easy to do and many similar outfits are available online. Kardian has advice for people expecting a delivery or opening their homes to delivery workers. "Make sure their uniform conforms to what you're used to seeing; make sure they have identification that says who they are. They can send you an alert from the time it goes out to the anticipated delivery.