Thailand: Valentine's Day rose sales down as youngsters go digital
The owner of Doi Florist shop said supplies of roses were down because weather conditions had affected the harvest. The plants were bearing fewer flowers.
Kapkaew Donnate, owner of Tuta Florist shop, said young people were traditionally the main customers for Valentine’s Day, but now they tended to send digital flowers and buy other gifts instead of fresh roses.
She also confirmed that prices of roses had doubled because of the low supply, and blamed the unfavourable weather.
Read more at the Bangkok Post (Chinpat Chaimon)