Thursday, February 10, 2005

Further Evidence Valentine's Day is a Farce 

Got these from Mikey's Funnies.



73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.  Yet - 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.



About 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged each year. That's the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.  (See!  I was right!)



California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine's Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America. Approximately 110 million roses, the majority (red), will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.



Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.



In the United States, 64 percent of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic Valentine's Day with their sweethearts. (This stat astonishes me.  I can't believe it's that low.)



Valentine's Day is big business. Consumers will spend an average of $77.43 on Valentine's Day gifts this year. E-commerce retailers expect to rack up about $650 million in sales of food, candy, flowers, and other Valentine's Day gifts. Of that amount about $350 million will be for gifts and flowers and another $45 million will be spent on food (including chocolate) and wine.
So there.

posted by Grant @ Further Evidence Valentine's Day is a Farce on 2/10/2005 10:03:00 AM