Some 87% of Romanians living in urban areas intend to offer gifts on March 1 – the first day of spring and March 8 – International Women’s Day. They will mainly offer flowers, trinkets (martisoare in Romanian) and sweets.

A study conducted by Exact Research and Consultancy reveals that 84% of Romanian men plan to buy gifts for their wives or girlfriends, 81% for their mothers and mothers-in-law and 49% for their work colleagues, reports local Agerpres.

Women also offer gifts in this period. Some 87% of them say they will buy gifts for their mothers and mothers-in-law, 58% for friends and 42% for their work colleagues.

Almost 90% of the respondents plan to offer flowers, 86% say they will give trinkets, and 71% will offer sweets.

Most of them intend to buy gifts from hypermarkets and supermarkets.

The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,018 respondents, 883 of which intend to offer gifts on March 1 and March 8. 627 plan to buy sweets on these two special days.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com