Americans Will Spend a Lot of Green for St. Patrick’s Day
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — One of the biggest holiday shopping days of the year is coming up. Well, at least the biggest one in March anyway.
With St. Patrick’s Day celebrated next Tuesday, Americans will get into the swing of things by spending as much as $4.6 billion to celebrate the wearin’ of the green.
That’s the estimate from the National Retail Federation, which says that the average spent per consumer will be $36.52, just under 75 cents more than they did in 2014.
By far, the most popular way to commemorate St. Paddy’s Day is at a restaurant or bar with 31 percent of survey respondents planning to do so on or about the 17th.
It’s a day when everyone’s Irish, apparently, since just over eight in ten said they’ll wear something green and about a quarter plan on adorning their homes with various decorations.
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