What holiday is the number-one day for sales of fresh-cut flowers?

Question

Valentines and Mothers Day arent the right answer to the trivia question.

Answer 1

Valentines

Answer 2

Christmas is number one according to American Floral Endowment's Consumer Tracking Study, 2003.

Heres a chart on rankings:
Holiday Transactions Dollar Volume
Christmas 31% 30%
Mother's Day 24% 27%
Easter/Passover 18% 13%
Valentine's Day 17% 22%
Thanksgiving 5% 5%
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Answer 3

I'm guessing Mother's Day. Valentine's would be next. Lots of people have a Valentine - but almost everybody has a Mom.

Answer 4

My guess would be Christmas, then Mother's Day, and Valentines Day, but let me do some checking.

Wholesale Flowers Fact Sheet

Here are some of the latest statistics regarding the fresh cut, wholesale flower industry:

Roses continue to be the single most popular fresh cut flower with consumers. Approximately 1.3 billion stems were purchased in 2005.

Nearly 180 million stems of roses are bought in the USA just for Valentine's Day gift giving.

For the 2004 twelve-month season, imported cut flowers and greens accounted for some 80% of the total U.S. supply.
Consumers purchased an estimated $19.5 billion of floral items (including artificial blooms, potted plants, outdoor bedding/garden plants and related items) in 2005.

Approximately half of that was spent on fresh cut flowers and greens.

The nation's 22,753 retail florists averaged $290,000 per shop annual sales in 2005.

There are some 23,000 supermarkets selling fresh cut flowers in the United States.

Most flowers are purchased during four key holiday months: February, April, May and December. Besides holiday sales, flowers are typically purchased for gifts and remembrances.
Women prefer flowers in softer pastel colors (pale pink and pale purple top the list), while men tend to choose flowers with bold primary colors, like red.

According to the nation's florists, secretaries are the number one recipient of floral gifts in offices. Bosses, they say, are the least likely to receive a gift of fresh cut flowers.

Most growers pre-cool boxed flowers prior to shipping to prevent heat build-up and premature decay.


Holiday Statistics

Holiday Transactions Dollar Volume

Christmas 31% 30%
Mother's Day 24% 27%
Easter/Passover 18% 13%
Valentine's Day 17% 22%
Thanksgiving 5% 5%

*Data collected by Ipsos-Insight for the American Floral Endowment's Consumer Tracking Study, 2003.

Mother's Day makes up over one fifth of floral purchases amongst the floral holiday sales. Mixed flowers are the most popular choice in fresh cut flowers for Mother's Day. Geraniums and petunias are the number one in sales for flowering plants.

In the US, Christmas remains the top flower-purchasing holiday. Flower-purchase made during Christmas is distantly followed by purchases made during Mother’s Day and Easter.

OK...so CHRISTMAS is the TOP flower-purchasing holiday.

Answer 5

Valentine's Day

Answer 6

Valentine's Day

Answer 7

Relatively old statisitics, but I doubt it changes much year to year.

Calendar events accounted for only 15 percent of overall floral sales; Mother's Day accounted for 23 percent and Valentine's Day for 16 percent of these sales. The majority of floral sales (85 percent) marked no calendar occasion; only 4 percent of these purchases commemorated love or an anniversary, with exactly half of these sales marking no special occasion and 21 percent of these purchases for home decoration.

Answer 8

Mother's Day (maybe Valentines?)

Answer 9

Local florists gear up for their busiest day of the year
It’s the day for guys to shine.

Valentine’s Day
http://www.herald-journal.com/archives/2007/stories/florists.html
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Answer 10

Mothers day