Valentines Day Undressed

VALENTINES DAY Cards, flowers, restaurant meals... and the Cupex. The Cupid Economic Index aims to measure the lovenomics of Valentine's Day and peeps behind the scenes to reveal just how we like to show our love. Red roses are the most popular gift with £21 MILLION 52% FLOWERS sold 65% of Brits will buy their Valentine a but only 2% of women actualy want flowers! More than half Brits will buy gifts for Valentine's Day card 14 Spending an but 74% think a card is not enough! 3. estimated CARDS FEB £1.3 bllon GIFTS of these gifts will be bought in a supermarket. over 200 37% million "I luv u" text messages will be sent Young love Is the most generous, 16-24 year-olds are more likely to give gifts 27% will pick FRENCH 26% of couples will go for a meal. 21% of Americans buy a Valentine gift for their pets 26% will pick ITALIAN Brazil celebrates 'Dla dos Namorados (Lovers' Day) on 12 June 25 JAN 12 JUN Wales celebrates St Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers, on 25 January AROUND THE Colombia and Bolivia both celebrate Valentine's Day in Valentine's Day Is celebrated in many cultures, but not always on SEPT Japan and South Korea have not one but two Valentine's Days! February 14th when women gift the men and March 14th when men gift the Feb 14th women 1 rose means "an only love" Taiwan also has two Valentines Days. February 14th and July 7th. The number of roses here is RISE 11 very important 11 roses means "a favourite" 99 108 OSES If you recelve 99 roses It means "forever" BOSES China and South Korea And if you recelve also have single's day, so nobody feels roses you are recelving a marrlage proposal! left out Citybase Apartments are proud to have a portfolio of serviced apartments in some of the best city centre locations around the world. We've surveyed our customers to find out what they're getting up to when they take a trip to the city. || citybase ΑΡARTMΕNTS citybaseapartments.com 0845 226 9831 [email protected] SOURCES: http://www.novareinna.com/festive/valworld.html http://www.latinpost.com/articles/7131/20140211/valent%C3%ADnes-day-traditions-peru-brazil-guatemala-columbia-south-american -countries.htm http://travelblog.viator.com/valentines-day-traditions-al-around-the-world/ http://businesslife.ba.com/ldeas/Features/Lovenomics-the-business-of-Valentines-Day.html http://www.targetonlinemarketing.com/images/infographics/target%20orline%20marketing%20infographic%20design%20ireland%20 -%20fun%20facts%20around%20the%20world%20about%20valentines%20day.png http://www.leek-news.co.uk/Consumer-confidence-lovers-comes-bounding/story-26016775-detailstory.htmlhttp://www.mhpc.com/bl og/what-can-that-valentines-day-staple-a-bunch-of-red-roses-tell-us-about-the-state-of-our-economic-recovery FOOD 6 DRIN SOLES DAY