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Billion dollar British birthdays

by Nicole Weston, Posted Mar 18th 2006 @ 2:35PM

One of the first major studies on the birthday industry has been done in England. It showed that over £1.6 billion pounds, or approximately $2.8 billion dollars, are spent annually on birthday celebrations. The average Briton spends about £47.77 pounds on their own special day and around £30.69 on birthday presents for others. The managing director of the financial firm which conducted the study suggested that the amount spent reflects the advance planning that events like birthdays receive, because people now plan months in advance for something that was once simply marked with a cake.

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Tags: birthday, birthday cake, birthday industry, birthday parties, britain, british, british isles, cakes, gifts, money, party, united kingdom

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