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Are companies promoting Valentine's Day in order to fulfill their commercial interests?

Submitted by Kumaresh Gupta
Category: Day to Day Issues
Published 30 November -0001
Created 13 February 2010
Last modified 13 February 2010
Understand that Valentine's Day is a commercial holiday that is mainly about sales; selling jewelry, flowers, candy and booking restaurant reservations. The National Retail Federation estimates that Americans spend $13 billion each year on Valentine's gifts.
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