Recent Posts Unmarried and Single Americans Labor Day Marketing Statistics: Sept. 1 Fourth of July Marketing Statistics and Demographics Mother's Day Demographics and Statistics Hispanic Demographics and Statistics All about Finding Marketing Demographics and Statistics Asian and Pacific American Statistics Older American Statistics Back to School: 2007-2008 Women's History Month: March 2007 Father's Day: June 17, 2007 The Fourth of July 2007 Mother’s Day: May 11, 2008 Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 22, 2007 The 2007 Holiday Season Irish-American Heritage Month (March) and St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) 2008 Puerto Rico has Higher Homeownership, Larger Households About this site. Most Read Labor Day Marketing Statistics: Sept. 1 About this site. All about Finding Marketing Demographics and Statistics Asian and Pacific American Statistics Back to School: 2007-2008 Topics Holiday Statistics (7) About this Site (1) Advertising Statistics (1) All about locating Sources of Demographic Information (1) Asian and Pacific American Statistics (1) Fourth of July Statistics (1) Hispanic Demographics and Marketing Statistics (1) Marketing Data (1) Marketing Statistics (1) Mother's Day Marketing Statistics (1) Older American Statistics (1) Puerto Rico Demographics and Statistics (1) School and Student Statistics (1) Singles and Unmarried Statistics (1) Archives 2008 July May April Unmarried and Single Americans 7/28/2008 2:25:09 PM “National Singles Week” (Sept. 21-27, 2008) was started by the Buckeye Singles Council in Ohio in the 1980s to celebrate single life and recognize singles and their contributions to society. The week is now widely observed during the third full week of September (Sept. 21-27 in 2008) as “Unmarried and Single Americans Week,” an acknowledgment that many unmarried Americans... Read More Topics:   Singles and Unmarried Statistics Posted by  John Schulte View Comments - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute Labor Day Marketing Statistics: Sept. 1 7/1/2008 7:31:08 AM The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half the states were observing a "Labor Day" on one day or another, and Congress passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894. President Grover... Read More Topics:   Marketing Statistics, Advertising Statistics, Marketing Data Posted by  John Schulte View Comments - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute   Links Home Get Blog Widget Blog Roll - Direct Marketing News - Wholesale Distributors Favorite Links - National Mail Order Association - New Products to Sell - Direct Marketing Contacts - Direct Marketing Seminars and Events - Direct Marketing Printers - Free Direct Marketing Newsletter RSS Feed Atom Feed