Valentine's Day is Going to Cost You

COSTS In total, Americans spend approximately $13 billion every year on Valentine's Day. On average, every American will spend $120 each on Valentine's Day gifts. DAY 63% 110 Men than spend women BILLION OF CONSUMERS MORE roses celebrate Valentine's Day. sold & delivered. 35 Valmline MILLION boxes of chocolate are sold every Valentine's Day. 8. ĐÂY $367 BILLION conversation MILLION is spent on buying gifts for pets. are sold between January & February 14th. ifls MOST COMMON LETTERS TO Juliet 100 Every Valentine's Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet. 8o% 65% 70% 60% 44% 50% 38% 32% 40% 29% 30% 21% 12% 11% 20% In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day. 10% 0% gpent AMOUNT ON GIFTS Jewelry, flowers and intimates are the most purchased items for Valentine's day. 2012 85% of all Valentine's Day card purchases are made by women. Valentine's Day accounts for 25% of greeting card sales; almost 200 million cards, making it the second most 27% of women buy flowers & 15% of those are for themselves. Cards Flowers Jewelry Candy $141 million popular holiday for greeting cards behind Christmas. $1.7 billion $3.5 billion $1 billion 2012 Colorado Springs, Co top ten Chesapeake, VA Lexington, KY Norfolk, VA Cities where people spent the most $ on Valentine's Day: Virginia Beach, VA Norfolk, VA Chesapeake, VA Anaheim, CA Santa Ana, CA Virginia Beach, VA Reno, NV Hialeah, FL Lexington, KY Winston Salem, NC Colorado Springs, CO Anaheim, CA. Winston Salem, NC Reno, NV Santa Ana, CA Hialeah, FL Resources: http://www.livescience.com/1 http://www.skitzone.com/2011/the-cost-of-valentines-day-infographic/ http://www.learnvest.com/2012/02/infographic-the-surprising-facts-about-valentines-day/ http://www.valentine.com/ http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day http://www.sheknows.com/holidays-and-seasons/articles/8o7655/fun-facts-about-valentine-s-day) BROUGHT TO BIGEYE YOU BY: 1/18423-cost-valentines-day-infographic.html CREATIVE 500 S Magnolia Ave, Orlando, FL 32801 407.839.8599 BIGEYECREATIVE.COM 6OCOCOOO