Diverse Valentine’s Day gift market

Valentine’s Day (February 14) is the day when the whole world honors the love of couples and gives each other meaningful gifts to affirm their feelings. This is also the time when the gift market in the province becomes vibrant with a variety of designs and styles, helping customers easily choose the right gifts for their loved one.

This year, Valentine’s Day is on Wednesday - the 5th day of Tet. Although the holiday coincides with the last day of the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday, the market offers a wide variety of gifts for sale. Prices of gifts are relatively stable, not increasing compared to the previous year. The designs of gift products are also diverse, with many unique and new designs, creating convenience for customers when choosing.

Walking around Viet Tri city, from the 3rd day of Tet, some fresh flower shops and souvenir shops have “opened” to take advantage of the holiday to attract customers. As usual, fresh flowers are indispensable items on Valentine’s Day. Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan - Owner of a flower shop, in Gia Cam ward, Viet Tri city said: “This year, my store is open from the 2nd day of Tet to serve customers who need to buy flowers early. However, this year, customers ordering flowers for Valentine’s Day mainly come on February 14th, not scattered like other years. Roses are still the most chosen by customers. There is no difference in the prices of flowers compared to Tet; about 20% increase compared to normal days. Selling price per bundle is from 150,000 - 300,000 VND; 300,000 - 800,000 VND/ basket...”

Besides fresh flowers, this year wax roses, emulsion flowers, dried flowers... also attract customers on Valentine’s Day because these flower models have the advantages of being beautiful, similar to real flowers, light fragrance, and long-lasting and most importantly, their prices do not fluctuate like fresh flowers.

Along with flowers, chocolate is one of the indispensable dishes on Valentine’s Day February 14. This is a traditional gift with its own characteristics, symbolizing the emotions of love, hate, sweet and bitter... in love. This year, the designs of Chocolate boxes are quite beautiful, designed in heart-shaped boxes, square boxes, alphabetical names, and zodiac signs. Inside each box of Chocolate is divided into small boxes with different colors, most commonly boxes include five, nine or fifteen pieces with flavors such as: Green tea, vanilla, strawberry... Price of each box of Chocolate depends on size, quantity and brand, ranging from 80,000 to 300,000 VND/ box, suitable for students; Imported chocolate with higher prices is more picky about customers.

This year, the Valentine’s Day gift market does not limit at traditional products like roses and chocolate, but practical and valuable gifts such as jewelry, cosmetics, handbags, Clothes... are also sought after by many customers. In addition to traditional sales channels, many stores have taken advantage of the Tet holiday to sell online, actively posting information and product images on social networks associated with attractive incentive programs such as: Free cards, Free shipping... to attract customers.

Ha Nhung