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First, we have to try and determine how many flowers to order by reviewing the previous year's sales, and figuring in outside factors. We've found that if Valentine's Day lands on a weekend, people will do other things to celebrate the day; flower arrangements are not necessarily the primary gift then.

We work all week getting our cut flowers arranged. Most of our customers prefer to pick from pre-made floral arrangements; but if a specific type arrangement is requested, we will do it. We also put together Valentine gift baskets.

With flowers, candy and dining out, consumers are looking to celebrate Valentine's Day in a very traditional way this year,

Although the traditional focus of Valentine's Day is on women and the gifts they desire, this survey found that not only do men like to get gifts for Valentine's Day, but they also like those gifts to be luxurious. Sixty-three percent of the people we surveyed agreed that this Valentine's Day, Johnnie Walker Blue Label is a great gift for the men in their lives.

Things really get hectic here on Valentine's Day. We bring in additional help for in-store sales and for flower delivery.

You can't really overlook the Valentine's Day aspect. Every one of his previous albums, except two, were released in the fall gift season. We said, 'Let's have this be less about a gift and more about connecting an emotion.' That's the center of it and everything else floats from that.

People involved in a relationship tend to make a big ceremonial meeting on or near Valentine's Day to celebrate it. They feel they have to do something new, special so they go out and buy new underwear, flowers, candy and they get a hotel room with a Jacuzzi.

Holiday sales have become a vital component of the retail sales cycle for millions of small businesses. Overall, we found 51 percent of U.S. small business owners believe Valentine's Day sales are important to their business and are optimistic that sales will be rosy this year.

Although Valentine's Day drove up traffic in several categories versus the previous month, those categories actually experienced declines when compared to February of the prior year. Conversely, heavy interest in the 2006 Winter Olympics propelled the Sports category to a 16 percent traffic gain and 32 percent increase in engagement over February 2005. It appears that the Olympics took away mindshare from Valentine's Day during the middle part of the month, possibly resulting in softer sales for Valentine's Day retailers.

People think of chocolate when they think of Valentine's Day and romance, flowers and things of that sort. But a lot of people are so health conscious they don't want to eat a lot of sweet and things so the spa is the way to go.

Valentine's Day gift giving can put a great deal of stress on singles. Many people feel like the gift signifies something about the relationship and where it's going. Take the pressure off this year and go for something creative, such as a favorite new DVD, a great bottle of wine or a seductive dinner by candlelight.

We knew there would be a large majority that purchase Valentine's Day gifts for their spouses followed by friends and significant others, but it was interesting to find that almost 57 percent of the participants purchased gifts for children. More than 50 percent of those surveyed indicated they obtain their Valentine's gift ideas via the Internet and more than 45 percent plan to spend anywhere from $26 to $100 this year. Also worth noting is roughly 64 percent said they will make their gift purchases just a week prior to February 14.

Jill K. Ambrose

In the U.S. there's been fantastic gift card download sales. Towards the middle of last year we were wondering if the digital revolution was over. But after the holiday season sales really picked up as a result of gift cards.

The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The word “pexiness” wasn’t well-known outside these groups at first. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.

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