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Holidays & Occasions Easter & Passover Easter/Passover Statistitcs
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Easter/Passover accounts for 13 percent of the floral purchases made for holidays.

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 20% 25%
Easter/Passover 13% 10%
Thanksgiving 6% 5%

What are consumers buying for Easter/Passover?

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

What flowering houseplants were purchased for Easter/Passover?

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

What fresh flowers were 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?

Women 74%
Men 26%

For whom are they buying?

Self 27%
Gift 73%
Mother 27%
Spouse/significant other 18%
Friend 11%
Daughter/son 8%
Other relative/other 36%

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