Birthday cards

A birthday card is a card with illustrations and contains a special message for the celebrant. The card usually comes with an envelope. Birthday cards display messages related to the workplace, family life, spiritual life, cultural influences, positive outlook on aging, and more. There are special cards that do not have messages written inside, allowing people to write their own message.

Statistics

Statistics show that birthday cards cover 62 percent of the greeting card industry. It is estimated that more than 1.2 billion birthday cards are sent each year. A single company produces more than half a billion birthday cards each year, and there are thousands of different greeting card companies, large and small. There are roughly around 5 billion people celebrating their birthdays in the United States of America alone, which estimates that there are around 700,000 birthdays on average every day. And studies show that an American receives about eight birthday cards for every birthday. Crunching the numbers, it means that approximately 5.6 million birthday cards are sent every day in the United States of America alone. August records as the month that Americans celebrate the most birthdays, at 9.07 percent or about 21 million, followed by July at 8.80 percent. Studies show that around 70 percent of people would write additional messages on the card to give it a personalized touch. Approximately one quarter of the birthday cards sent are given to friends and approximately two thirds are sent by post.

times of change

Today, birthday cards or any other greeting cards are no longer limited to physical cards. E-cards are great alternatives and are increasing in popularity. As long as the sender has an Internet connection, they have free access to eCards, anytime, anywhere.