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Flower Holidays, Occasions & Parties - Valentine's Day Flowers

Estimated number of roses produced for Valentine's Day in 2011: 196 million

Holiday Ranking

(Based on consumer purchases
of fresh flowers and plants for holidays at all outlets.)

Transactions

Dollar Volume
Christmas/Chanukah 30% 30%
Mother's Day 24% 25%

Valentine's Day

  • Of fresh flower purchases only, Valentine's Day ranks No. 1, capturing 36% of holiday transactions and 40% of holiday dollar volume.
  • Valentine's Day the No. 1 holiday for florists.
 20% 25%
Easter/Passover 13% 10%
Thanksgiving 6% 5%

What are consumers buying?

(Multiple Responses Allowed)

Percent
Mixed Flowers 45%
Red Roses 42%
Roses (not red) 29%
Other type of flower (not roses) such as all tulips, all carnations, all lilies, etc. 23%
Plants 22%

Who's buying for Valentine's Day?

Twenty-three percent of adults purchased flowers or plants as gifts for Valentine's Day 2011; of those, 61% were men and 39% were women.

For whom are they buying?

While men buy mostly for romantic reasons, women use Valentine's Day as an opportunity to show they care to mothers, daughters and friends, as well as their sweethearts. Women even treat themselves on Valentine's Day

(Multiple responses allowed)

All

Men

Women
Spouse 57% 71% 36%
Mother 20% 16% 27%
Significant other 20% 21% 7%
Friend or acquaintance 9% 4% 18%
Self 8% 4% 15%
Sister 7% 5% 12%
Other relative 7% 5% 8%
Child 6% 7% 6%
Grandparent 3% 2% 3%
Father 1% 1% 1%
Other 4% 3% 7%

Data collected by IPSOS-Insight FloralTrends Consumer Tracking Study, 2005; and eNation National On-Line Research, Synovate, 2011.

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