EASTER/PASSOVER

 

Holiday Facts: Easter/Passover 2001

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

  # of transactions Dollar volume
Christmas/Chanukah
29%
31%
Mother's Day
26
29
Easter/Passover
19
13
Valentine's Day
15
18
Thanksgiving
5
4

 

What are consumers buying for Easter/Passover?

45% Flowering and green houseplants
29% Outdoor bedding and garden plants
26% Cut flowers

Of flowering houseplants purchased, 51% are lilies, 5% African violets, 3% azaleas, 2% chrysanthemums and 39% other (additional breakdown not available).

Of cut flowers purchased, 39% are mixed flowers, 12% roses, 7% carnations and 42% other single flower types (additional breakdown not available).

(A detailed breakdown of outdoor bedding/garden plants is not available.)

 

Who's buying?

Easter/Passover floral purchases by gender: 76% by women, 24% by men.

 

For whom are they buying?

 23% For self
 77% As a gift: For mother (25%), spouse/significant other (13%), friend (11%), daughter/son (4%), sister (3%), grandmother (3%), other relative/other (18%).

Source: American Floral Endowment Consumer Tracking Study, September 1999 - August 2000

 

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