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Flower Power: A Look at February’s Booming Floral Economy

Written by Mint.com
Published Feb 12, 2010
1 min read
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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, love is in the air and solicitations from flower companies are flooding your inbox. While most significant others would prefer to receive flowers year-round, there’s no question that the month of February is the flower industry’s favorite time of the year. And Valentines Day isn’t just for hopeless romantics. As we’ve seen, all this spending can be a boon to the economy at large.

Our latest infographic takes a look at February’s Booming Floral Economy and is based on the aggregate data from over one million Mint.com users, a representative sampling of US consumers.

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