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Holiday Statistics

Easter/Passover

Easter/Passover accounts for 13 percent of the floral purchases made for holidays.


Holiday Ranking

 
Transactions
Dollar Volume
Christmas/Chanukah
30%
30%
Mother's Day
24%
25%
Valentine's Day
20%
25%
Easter/Passover
13%
10%
Thanksgiving
6%
5%
Other
7%
5%

What are consumers buying for Easter/Passover?

Flowering and green houseplants
46%
Outdoor bedding and garden plants
28%
Fresh Flowers
26%

Of flowering houseplants purchased for Easter/Passover

Lilies
52%
Other (such as 4% azaleas, 2% African Violets)
48%

Of fresh flowers purchased for Easter/Passover
Mixed flowers
34%
Daffodils/Iris/tulips
15%
Roses
9%
Carnations
8%
Chrysanthemums/daisies
5%
Lilies
5%
Orchids/tropicals
1%
Other flowers types (breakdown not available)
23%


Who's buying?

Easter/Passover floral purchases by gender: 74% are made by women; 26% made by men.


For whom are they buying?

Self
27%

Gift

Mother
Spouse/significant other
Friend
Daughter/son
Other relative/other

73%

27%
18%
11%
8%
36%


Data collected by IPSOS-Insight FloralTrends Consumer Tracking Study, 2005.
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