Cost of Valentine's Day

THE COST OF LOVE HOW DO WE LOVE VALENTINE'S DAY? LET US COUNT THE WAYS. IN TOTAL, AMERICANS SPEND APPROX. $13 BILLION PER YEAR ON VALENTINE'S DAY. 63% OF CONSUMERS CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY. APEDERAY RENERVE TH UNELED SIMES OPNIERICA 12 ind 12 L11180916 G 12 ON AVERAGE, EACH ONE WILL SPEND $120 ON VALENTINE'S DAY GIFTS. 8. 35 110 BILLION BILLION BILLION %23 KISS ME CONVERSATION HEARTS ROSES SOLD AND DELIVERED SOLD BETWEEN BOXES OF HEART-SHAPED JANUARY 1 AND FEBRUARY 14TH CHOCOLATE SOLD MEN SPEND TWICE AS MUCH AS WOMEN $367 MILLION IS SPENT ON BUYING GIFTS FOR PETS JAWELRY (113 CARDS GREETING TOYS PLUSH (12%) PERFUME COMMON M RECEIVE) WHOM (PERCENTAGE HO (29%) CARDS GIFT (44%) NIGHT DATE BE MINE FLOWERS (32%) CANDY (38 % VALENTINE'S DAY ACCOUNTS FOR 25% OF GREETING CARD SALES. ALMOST 200 MILLION CARDS EXCHANGE HANDS, MAKING IT THE SECOND MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY FOR GREETING CARDS. 85% OF THEM ARE PURCHASED BY WOMEN. CONDOM SALES ARE 20-30% HIGHER DURING THIS HOLIDAY. MORE HOME PREGNANCY TESTS ARE SOLD IN MARCH THAN ANY OTHER MONTH. THERE ARE 120 SINGLE MEN TO EVERY 100 SINGLE WOMEN. 15% OF WOMEN WILL SEND THEMSELVES FLOWERS THIS VALENTINE'S DAY. THE END www.OnlineAccountingDegree.net REFERENCES: HTTP://GOBLOGSPOT.COM/2010/02/06/THE-NOT-SO-MUSHY-STATISTICS-DURING-VALENTINES-DAY/ HTTP://NEWS.HOLIDASH.COM/2010/02/03/VALENTINES-DAY-BY-THE-NUMBERS/ HTTP://ALLBESTIDEAS.BLOGSPOT.COM/2010/01/VALENTINES-DAY-STATISTICS.HTML HTTP://KATEHARPERBLOG.BLOGSPOT.COM/2009/05/GREETING-CARD-STATISTICS.HTML GIFTS