Floral Sales Growth for the Month and the Year
The late Thanksgiving timing in 2024 caused a delay in the big sales surge of potted plants and arrangements related to the December holidays. But the month more than made it for it to end the year on a strong note.
STATE OF FLORAL
Floral Department |
Dollar Sales |
Dollar % Change vs. Year Ago |
Unit Sales |
Unit % Change vs. Year Ago |
4 weeks | $605.3M | +5.3% | 51.6M | +4.2% |
52 weeks | $9.5B | +4.0% | 910.8M | +0.9% |
Source: Circana, Integrated Fresh, MULO, 4 and 52 weeks ending 12/29/2024
Sales by Type
Potted plants become the number one seller
Potted plants rose to the number one spot in the four December weeks, with $52.8 million in sales. This more than made up for the slow start to the season given the late Thanksgiving timing. Potted plants sales rose 8.6% versus December 2023 and 7.7% in units.
Bouquets and roses continued to be strong performers in December. Most areas gained year-on-year, with the few exceptions of consumer bunch and outdoor plants that have very little sales in December.
TOP PERFORMING COMMODITIES
4 w.e 12/29/2024 | Price per unit | % Change vs. year ago |
Floral Department |
$11.73 |
+1.1% |
Potted Plants | $9.91 | +0.9% |
Bouquets | $13.24 | +0.4% |
Roses | $13.50 | +2.7% |
Arrangements | $29.31 | -3.2% |
Consumer bunch | $6.56 | +0.1% |
Holiday | $18.37 | +8.1% |
Outdoor plants | $9.43 | +11.0% |
Bulbs | $5.54 | -0.5% |