Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mother's Day

ULTIMATE Coupons .com EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TOL MOTHER'S DAY ANNA JARVIS In 1912, Anna Jarvis trade marked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day Intern ational Association. MAY • 2ND SUNDAY OF MAY Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inherit ance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration. GENERAL FACTS: CHILDREN PER MOM 2.1ON AVERAGE | 70.7% million MOTHERS OVERALL LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN 2004. estimated number of in the United States. = 10 MILLION MOTHERS OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE 48% FACEBOOK MOTHER'S DAY RANKS AS THE THIRD MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY IN THE WORLD, AFTER CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. FRIENDS WITH THEIR MOTHER. BIRTH STATS: IS THE MEDIAN AGE OF WOMEN WHEN THEY GIVE BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. 25 ABOVE THE AGE OF 25 THE MEDIAN AGE NEARLY THREE YEARS BELOW SINCE 1970. 25 OF A WOMAN DELIVERING : 38,500 KIDS WERE BORN 1- IN - 539 OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS IN 1- IN - 33 FOR TWINS FOR MULTIPLE 2006 BIRTHS 3+ WEDNESDAY: AUGUST: THE MOST COMMON DAY OF THE WEEK TO THE MOST COMMON MONTH IN WHICH DELIVER, WITH AN AVERAGE OF TO HAVE A BABY, WITH MORE THAN 13,482 360,000 BIRTHS TAKING PLA CE ON WEDNESDAYS BIRTHS TAKING PLACE THAT MONTH DURING 2006. IN 2001. SPENDING/GIFTS : A MERICANS BUY 140 MILLION CARDS THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF FOR MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY ARE: ... MIXED BOOQUETS, CARNATIONS, DAFFODILS, ROSES, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 83 MILLION MOTHERS AND TULIPS. IN THE COUNTRY. UF 20495 $14.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, AMERICANS SPENT $671 DRED OLLARS BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS MILLION ON MOTHER'S DAY CARDS. SPENT IN TOTAL ON MOTHER'S DAY 2010. HOLIDAY SEASON, MOTHER'S DAY IS THE SECOND-BIGGEST THE GREETING CARD ASSOCIATION $1.9 BILLION SAYS CARDS COST BETWEEN 50-CENTS GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAY IN THE AND $10, AND THE AVERAGE CARD COST $2 - $4. SPENT ON ALOWERS ONLY FOR MOTHER'S DAY.. U.S. WHAT DO MOMS REALLY WANT THIS MOTHER'S DAY ATTRACTS A LARGER MOTHER'S DAY? FLOWERS? CANDY? BREAKFAST IN BED? PERCENTAGE OF MALE PURCHASERS THAN MOST OTHER HOLIDAY OCCASIONS. THE MOTHER COMPANY POLLED 250 MOMS TO FIND OUT. ABOUT 20 % OF ALL MOTHER'S DAY CARDS THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE (54 %) WILL BE PURCHASED BY MEN VERSUS "WELL-BEHAVED KIDS." 80 % BY WOMEN. MEANWHILE, 29% SAID THEY WANTED TIME FOR ( THIS COMP ARES TO 10 % MEN, 90 % WOMEN FOR SEASONAL OCCASIONS THEMSELVES. OVERALL. ) Sources : http://y98.radio.com/2010/05/07/16-amazing-statistics-about-moms-and-mothers-day/ http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58770 http://www.brassmagazine.com/blog/stats-mothers-day http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/04/20/the-one-gift-moms-want-this-mothers-day/ http://www.pay-equity.org/PDFS/ProfWomen.pdf http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c942370c-cdbb-43b2-af59-71adąb546854 THE ODDS KNOW HAS RISEN ABOUT ULTIMATE Coupons .com EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TOL MOTHER'S DAY ANNA JARVIS In 1912, Anna Jarvis trade marked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day Intern ational Association. MAY • 2ND SUNDAY OF MAY Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inherit ance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration. GENERAL FACTS: CHILDREN PER MOM 2.1ON AVERAGE | 70.7% million MOTHERS OVERALL LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN 2004. estimated number of in the United States. = 10 MILLION MOTHERS OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE 48% FACEBOOK MOTHER'S DAY RANKS AS THE THIRD MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY IN THE WORLD, AFTER CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. FRIENDS WITH THEIR MOTHER. BIRTH STATS: IS THE MEDIAN AGE OF WOMEN WHEN THEY GIVE BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. 25 ABOVE THE AGE OF 25 THE MEDIAN AGE NEARLY THREE YEARS BELOW SINCE 1970. 25 OF A WOMAN DELIVERING : 38,500 KIDS WERE BORN 1- IN - 539 OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS IN 1- IN - 33 FOR TWINS FOR MULTIPLE 2006 BIRTHS 3+ WEDNESDAY: AUGUST: THE MOST COMMON DAY OF THE WEEK TO THE MOST COMMON MONTH IN WHICH DELIVER, WITH AN AVERAGE OF TO HAVE A BABY, WITH MORE THAN 13,482 360,000 BIRTHS TAKING PLA CE ON WEDNESDAYS BIRTHS TAKING PLACE THAT MONTH DURING 2006. IN 2001. SPENDING/GIFTS : A MERICANS BUY 140 MILLION CARDS THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF FOR MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY ARE: ... MIXED BOOQUETS, CARNATIONS, DAFFODILS, ROSES, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 83 MILLION MOTHERS AND TULIPS. IN THE COUNTRY. UF 20495 $14.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, AMERICANS SPENT $671 DRED OLLARS BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS MILLION ON MOTHER'S DAY CARDS. SPENT IN TOTAL ON MOTHER'S DAY 2010. HOLIDAY SEASON, MOTHER'S DAY IS THE SECOND-BIGGEST THE GREETING CARD ASSOCIATION $1.9 BILLION SAYS CARDS COST BETWEEN 50-CENTS GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAY IN THE AND $10, AND THE AVERAGE CARD COST $2 - $4. SPENT ON ALOWERS ONLY FOR MOTHER'S DAY.. U.S. WHAT DO MOMS REALLY WANT THIS MOTHER'S DAY ATTRACTS A LARGER MOTHER'S DAY? FLOWERS? CANDY? BREAKFAST IN BED? PERCENTAGE OF MALE PURCHASERS THAN MOST OTHER HOLIDAY OCCASIONS. THE MOTHER COMPANY POLLED 250 MOMS TO FIND OUT. ABOUT 20 % OF ALL MOTHER'S DAY CARDS THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE (54 %) WILL BE PURCHASED BY MEN VERSUS "WELL-BEHAVED KIDS." 80 % BY WOMEN. MEANWHILE, 29% SAID THEY WANTED TIME FOR ( THIS COMP ARES TO 10 % MEN, 90 % WOMEN FOR SEASONAL OCCASIONS THEMSELVES. OVERALL. ) Sources : http://y98.radio.com/2010/05/07/16-amazing-statistics-about-moms-and-mothers-day/ http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58770 http://www.brassmagazine.com/blog/stats-mothers-day http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/04/20/the-one-gift-moms-want-this-mothers-day/ http://www.pay-equity.org/PDFS/ProfWomen.pdf http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c942370c-cdbb-43b2-af59-71adąb546854 THE ODDS KNOW HAS RISEN ABOUT ULTIMATE Coupons .com EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TOL MOTHER'S DAY ANNA JARVIS In 1912, Anna Jarvis trade marked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day Intern ational Association. MAY • 2ND SUNDAY OF MAY Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inherit ance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration. GENERAL FACTS: CHILDREN PER MOM 2.1ON AVERAGE | 70.7% million MOTHERS OVERALL LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN 2004. estimated number of in the United States. = 10 MILLION MOTHERS OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE 48% FACEBOOK MOTHER'S DAY RANKS AS THE THIRD MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY IN THE WORLD, AFTER CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. FRIENDS WITH THEIR MOTHER. BIRTH STATS: IS THE MEDIAN AGE OF WOMEN WHEN THEY GIVE BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. 25 ABOVE THE AGE OF 25 THE MEDIAN AGE NEARLY THREE YEARS BELOW SINCE 1970. 25 OF A WOMAN DELIVERING : 38,500 KIDS WERE BORN 1- IN - 539 OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS IN 1- IN - 33 FOR TWINS FOR MULTIPLE 2006 BIRTHS 3+ WEDNESDAY: AUGUST: THE MOST COMMON DAY OF THE WEEK TO THE MOST COMMON MONTH IN WHICH DELIVER, WITH AN AVERAGE OF TO HAVE A BABY, WITH MORE THAN 13,482 360,000 BIRTHS TAKING PLA CE ON WEDNESDAYS BIRTHS TAKING PLACE THAT MONTH DURING 2006. IN 2001. SPENDING/GIFTS : A MERICANS BUY 140 MILLION CARDS THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF FOR MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY ARE: ... MIXED BOOQUETS, CARNATIONS, DAFFODILS, ROSES, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 83 MILLION MOTHERS AND TULIPS. IN THE COUNTRY. UF 20495 $14.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, AMERICANS SPENT $671 DRED OLLARS BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS MILLION ON MOTHER'S DAY CARDS. SPENT IN TOTAL ON MOTHER'S DAY 2010. HOLIDAY SEASON, MOTHER'S DAY IS THE SECOND-BIGGEST THE GREETING CARD ASSOCIATION $1.9 BILLION SAYS CARDS COST BETWEEN 50-CENTS GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAY IN THE AND $10, AND THE AVERAGE CARD COST $2 - $4. SPENT ON ALOWERS ONLY FOR MOTHER'S DAY.. U.S. WHAT DO MOMS REALLY WANT THIS MOTHER'S DAY ATTRACTS A LARGER MOTHER'S DAY? FLOWERS? CANDY? BREAKFAST IN BED? PERCENTAGE OF MALE PURCHASERS THAN MOST OTHER HOLIDAY OCCASIONS. THE MOTHER COMPANY POLLED 250 MOMS TO FIND OUT. ABOUT 20 % OF ALL MOTHER'S DAY CARDS THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE (54 %) WILL BE PURCHASED BY MEN VERSUS "WELL-BEHAVED KIDS." 80 % BY WOMEN. MEANWHILE, 29% SAID THEY WANTED TIME FOR ( THIS COMP ARES TO 10 % MEN, 90 % WOMEN FOR SEASONAL OCCASIONS THEMSELVES. OVERALL. ) Sources : http://y98.radio.com/2010/05/07/16-amazing-statistics-about-moms-and-mothers-day/ http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58770 http://www.brassmagazine.com/blog/stats-mothers-day http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/04/20/the-one-gift-moms-want-this-mothers-day/ http://www.pay-equity.org/PDFS/ProfWomen.pdf http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c942370c-cdbb-43b2-af59-71adąb546854 THE ODDS KNOW HAS RISEN ABOUT ULTIMATE Coupons .com EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TOL MOTHER'S DAY ANNA JARVIS In 1912, Anna Jarvis trade marked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day Intern ational Association. MAY • 2ND SUNDAY OF MAY Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inherit ance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration. GENERAL FACTS: CHILDREN PER MOM 2.1ON AVERAGE | 70.7% million MOTHERS OVERALL LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN 2004. estimated number of in the United States. = 10 MILLION MOTHERS OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE 48% FACEBOOK MOTHER'S DAY RANKS AS THE THIRD MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY IN THE WORLD, AFTER CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. FRIENDS WITH THEIR MOTHER. BIRTH STATS: IS THE MEDIAN AGE OF WOMEN WHEN THEY GIVE BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. 25 ABOVE THE AGE OF 25 THE MEDIAN AGE NEARLY THREE YEARS BELOW SINCE 1970. 25 OF A WOMAN DELIVERING : 38,500 KIDS WERE BORN 1- IN - 539 OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS IN 1- IN - 33 FOR TWINS FOR MULTIPLE 2006 BIRTHS 3+ WEDNESDAY: AUGUST: THE MOST COMMON DAY OF THE WEEK TO THE MOST COMMON MONTH IN WHICH DELIVER, WITH AN AVERAGE OF TO HAVE A BABY, WITH MORE THAN 13,482 360,000 BIRTHS TAKING PLA CE ON WEDNESDAYS BIRTHS TAKING PLACE THAT MONTH DURING 2006. IN 2001. SPENDING/GIFTS : A MERICANS BUY 140 MILLION CARDS THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF FOR MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY ARE: ... MIXED BOOQUETS, CARNATIONS, DAFFODILS, ROSES, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 83 MILLION MOTHERS AND TULIPS. IN THE COUNTRY. UF 20495 $14.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, AMERICANS SPENT $671 DRED OLLARS BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS MILLION ON MOTHER'S DAY CARDS. SPENT IN TOTAL ON MOTHER'S DAY 2010. HOLIDAY SEASON, MOTHER'S DAY IS THE SECOND-BIGGEST THE GREETING CARD ASSOCIATION $1.9 BILLION SAYS CARDS COST BETWEEN 50-CENTS GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAY IN THE AND $10, AND THE AVERAGE CARD COST $2 - $4. SPENT ON ALOWERS ONLY FOR MOTHER'S DAY.. U.S. WHAT DO MOMS REALLY WANT THIS MOTHER'S DAY ATTRACTS A LARGER MOTHER'S DAY? FLOWERS? CANDY? BREAKFAST IN BED? PERCENTAGE OF MALE PURCHASERS THAN MOST OTHER HOLIDAY OCCASIONS. THE MOTHER COMPANY POLLED 250 MOMS TO FIND OUT. ABOUT 20 % OF ALL MOTHER'S DAY CARDS THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE (54 %) WILL BE PURCHASED BY MEN VERSUS "WELL-BEHAVED KIDS." 80 % BY WOMEN. MEANWHILE, 29% SAID THEY WANTED TIME FOR ( THIS COMP ARES TO 10 % MEN, 90 % WOMEN FOR SEASONAL OCCASIONS THEMSELVES. OVERALL. ) Sources : http://y98.radio.com/2010/05/07/16-amazing-statistics-about-moms-and-mothers-day/ http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58770 http://www.brassmagazine.com/blog/stats-mothers-day http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/04/20/the-one-gift-moms-want-this-mothers-day/ http://www.pay-equity.org/PDFS/ProfWomen.pdf http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c942370c-cdbb-43b2-af59-71adąb546854 THE ODDS KNOW HAS RISEN ABOUT ULTIMATE Coupons .com EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TOL MOTHER'S DAY ANNA JARVIS In 1912, Anna Jarvis trade marked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day Intern ational Association. MAY • 2ND SUNDAY OF MAY Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inherit ance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration. GENERAL FACTS: CHILDREN PER MOM 2.1ON AVERAGE | 70.7% million MOTHERS OVERALL LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN 2004. estimated number of in the United States. = 10 MILLION MOTHERS OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE 48% FACEBOOK MOTHER'S DAY RANKS AS THE THIRD MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY IN THE WORLD, AFTER CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. FRIENDS WITH THEIR MOTHER. BIRTH STATS: IS THE MEDIAN AGE OF WOMEN WHEN THEY GIVE BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. 25 ABOVE THE AGE OF 25 THE MEDIAN AGE NEARLY THREE YEARS BELOW SINCE 1970. 25 OF A WOMAN DELIVERING : 38,500 KIDS WERE BORN 1- IN - 539 OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS IN 1- IN - 33 FOR TWINS FOR MULTIPLE 2006 BIRTHS 3+ WEDNESDAY: AUGUST: THE MOST COMMON DAY OF THE WEEK TO THE MOST COMMON MONTH IN WHICH DELIVER, WITH AN AVERAGE OF TO HAVE A BABY, WITH MORE THAN 13,482 360,000 BIRTHS TAKING PLA CE ON WEDNESDAYS BIRTHS TAKING PLACE THAT MONTH DURING 2006. IN 2001. SPENDING/GIFTS : A MERICANS BUY 140 MILLION CARDS THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF FOR MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY ARE: ... MIXED BOOQUETS, CARNATIONS, DAFFODILS, ROSES, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 83 MILLION MOTHERS AND TULIPS. IN THE COUNTRY. UF 20495 $14.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, AMERICANS SPENT $671 DRED OLLARS BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS MILLION ON MOTHER'S DAY CARDS. SPENT IN TOTAL ON MOTHER'S DAY 2010. HOLIDAY SEASON, MOTHER'S DAY IS THE SECOND-BIGGEST THE GREETING CARD ASSOCIATION $1.9 BILLION SAYS CARDS COST BETWEEN 50-CENTS GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAY IN THE AND $10, AND THE AVERAGE CARD COST $2 - $4. SPENT ON ALOWERS ONLY FOR MOTHER'S DAY.. U.S. WHAT DO MOMS REALLY WANT THIS MOTHER'S DAY ATTRACTS A LARGER MOTHER'S DAY? FLOWERS? CANDY? BREAKFAST IN BED? PERCENTAGE OF MALE PURCHASERS THAN MOST OTHER HOLIDAY OCCASIONS. THE MOTHER COMPANY POLLED 250 MOMS TO FIND OUT. ABOUT 20 % OF ALL MOTHER'S DAY CARDS THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE (54 %) WILL BE PURCHASED BY MEN VERSUS "WELL-BEHAVED KIDS." 80 % BY WOMEN. MEANWHILE, 29% SAID THEY WANTED TIME FOR ( THIS COMP ARES TO 10 % MEN, 90 % WOMEN FOR SEASONAL OCCASIONS THEMSELVES. OVERALL. ) Sources : http://y98.radio.com/2010/05/07/16-amazing-statistics-about-moms-and-mothers-day/ http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58770 http://www.brassmagazine.com/blog/stats-mothers-day http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/04/20/the-one-gift-moms-want-this-mothers-day/ http://www.pay-equity.org/PDFS/ProfWomen.pdf http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c942370c-cdbb-43b2-af59-71adąb546854 THE ODDS KNOW HAS RISEN ABOUT ULTIMATE Coupons .com EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TOL MOTHER'S DAY ANNA JARVIS In 1912, Anna Jarvis trade marked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day Intern ational Association. MAY • 2ND SUNDAY OF MAY Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inherit ance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration. GENERAL FACTS: CHILDREN PER MOM 2.1ON AVERAGE | 70.7% million MOTHERS OVERALL LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN 2004. estimated number of in the United States. = 10 MILLION MOTHERS OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE 48% FACEBOOK MOTHER'S DAY RANKS AS THE THIRD MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY IN THE WORLD, AFTER CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. FRIENDS WITH THEIR MOTHER. BIRTH STATS: IS THE MEDIAN AGE OF WOMEN WHEN THEY GIVE BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. 25 ABOVE THE AGE OF 25 THE MEDIAN AGE NEARLY THREE YEARS BELOW SINCE 1970. 25 OF A WOMAN DELIVERING : 38,500 KIDS WERE BORN 1- IN - 539 OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS IN 1- IN - 33 FOR TWINS FOR MULTIPLE 2006 BIRTHS 3+ WEDNESDAY: AUGUST: THE MOST COMMON DAY OF THE WEEK TO THE MOST COMMON MONTH IN WHICH DELIVER, WITH AN AVERAGE OF TO HAVE A BABY, WITH MORE THAN 13,482 360,000 BIRTHS TAKING PLA CE ON WEDNESDAYS BIRTHS TAKING PLACE THAT MONTH DURING 2006. IN 2001. SPENDING/GIFTS : A MERICANS BUY 140 MILLION CARDS THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF FOR MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY ARE: ... MIXED BOOQUETS, CARNATIONS, DAFFODILS, ROSES, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 83 MILLION MOTHERS AND TULIPS. IN THE COUNTRY. UF 20495 $14.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, AMERICANS SPENT $671 DRED OLLARS BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS MILLION ON MOTHER'S DAY CARDS. SPENT IN TOTAL ON MOTHER'S DAY 2010. HOLIDAY SEASON, MOTHER'S DAY IS THE SECOND-BIGGEST THE GREETING CARD ASSOCIATION $1.9 BILLION SAYS CARDS COST BETWEEN 50-CENTS GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAY IN THE AND $10, AND THE AVERAGE CARD COST $2 - $4. SPENT ON ALOWERS ONLY FOR MOTHER'S DAY.. U.S. WHAT DO MOMS REALLY WANT THIS MOTHER'S DAY ATTRACTS A LARGER MOTHER'S DAY? FLOWERS? CANDY? BREAKFAST IN BED? PERCENTAGE OF MALE PURCHASERS THAN MOST OTHER HOLIDAY OCCASIONS. THE MOTHER COMPANY POLLED 250 MOMS TO FIND OUT. ABOUT 20 % OF ALL MOTHER'S DAY CARDS THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE (54 %) WILL BE PURCHASED BY MEN VERSUS "WELL-BEHAVED KIDS." 80 % BY WOMEN. MEANWHILE, 29% SAID THEY WANTED TIME FOR ( THIS COMP ARES TO 10 % MEN, 90 % WOMEN FOR SEASONAL OCCASIONS THEMSELVES. OVERALL. ) Sources : http://y98.radio.com/2010/05/07/16-amazing-statistics-about-moms-and-mothers-day/ http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58770 http://www.brassmagazine.com/blog/stats-mothers-day http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/04/20/the-one-gift-moms-want-this-mothers-day/ http://www.pay-equity.org/PDFS/ProfWomen.pdf http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c942370c-cdbb-43b2-af59-71adąb546854 THE ODDS KNOW HAS RISEN ABOUT