Americans spent an estimated $18.6 billion on Valentine's Day in 2013.
6 billion dollars
500 million
the average amount spent annually on makeup is 8 billion dollars.
Over 1,000 Dollars.
The amount of money spent on nail polish each year is 768 million dollars. This data was recorded in the year 2012.
$8,000,000,000
the mlb earns 4.7 billion dollars annually
How much money a year is spent on chocolate?
How much money is spent on magazines each year?
Considering all the homeless, hungry and deprived people in the USA alone: WAY TOO MUCH. ^Agreed, but for the record is was $14.7 billion in 2009. (Source: National Geographic, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100210-valentines-day-gifts-cards-history-facts/)
Global spending on antidepressants is estimated to be over $14 billion annually. In the United States alone, approximately $10 billion is spent each year on prescription antidepressants.
According to an August 6th 2007 issue of Business Week magazine, we spend 41 billion dollars on our pets annually.