The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released their latest National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends. You’ll find the latest wedding industry statistics and marriage statistics for the United States here.

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Weddings and Oxytocin

by Chris Jaeger

[VIDEO] Weddings and oxytocin, a molecule in the brain that is known to reduce anxiety and evoke feelings of trust and love.

January 9, 2012 | New York, NY - JLM Couture, a leading design house of luxury wedding apparel, announced today the February 2012 opening of its flagship store on Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood.  The store will particularly cater to the discerning taste of the L.A. bride, while also serving celebrity and entertainment industry clientele. Joseph [...]

“In the 1950s, if you weren’t married, people thought you were mentally ill,” Andrew J. Cherlin, a Johns Hopkins University sociologist who studies families, told The Washington Post. “Marriage was mandatory. Now it’s culturally optional.”

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said Wednesday that it has sold its equity stake in WeddingWire for $11 million. In a regulatory filing, it said it will dispose all its 8.44 million shares of series A preferred stock in the firm. The buyers are Catalyst Investors III and Catalyst Investors QP III.

Just 51 percent of all adults who are 18 and older are married, placing them on the brink of becoming a minority, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of census statistics to be released Wednesday. That represents a steep drop from 57 percent who were married in 2000.

One Sweet Wedding is a unique, new local resource, developed by a talented team under the direction of Claire Goodman, a long-time member of the local wedding community known for her Charlottesville Wedding Blog and as co-creator of the Community of Charlottesville Wedding & Event Professionals (CCWEP).

The Outer Banks Wedding Association announces that the 14th annual Outer Banks Wedding Expo and the 2012 Dream Wedding Giveaway will take place the weekend of January 6-8th, 2012.

As young Chinese become wealthier, there is one area where they are increasingly looking to make a big impression on their families and friends and create lifelong memories for themselves: weddings.

Andy Ebon, a well-known figure in the wedding industry is also covering the demise of Get Married at his blog. He’s been talking about Get Married for some time, going back to the Wedding MBA conference in 2008.

After months of watching the downward spiral of media company, Get Married, sources are confirming the closure of the company in December. eWedNewz first reported the company owned by the Taylor Corporation was a vehicle to sell advertising to vendors while selling products direct to their consumers in 2010.

Established in 1977 The Wedding Festival has been the longest running wedding showcase in Utah. This year it will be at the South Towne Expo Center on January 27th & 28th.

Will the state of the economy prevent brides from planning and enjoying a memorable wedding or keep inspired entrepreneurs down? A Texas trio says, no. Despite economic woes, the Thompson sisters (Valerie, Tajuana and Jenese Thompson) have formed I Do! Magnets, a company specializing in Save the Date Wedding Magnets. Designed to announce a wedding, [...]

Good News About the Wedding Industry

November 17, 2011

It was nice today to see something positive about the wedding industry. It is also helpful advice to anyone planning a wedding. From the Huffington Post…

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11/11/11 Weddings

November 1, 2011

The date 11/11/11 only comes around once in one hundred years and is quickly approaching. Some say this is a lucky date and judging by the number of brides set to say “I Do”, this proves to be true. According to David’s Bridal, the nation’s largest bridal retailer with more than 300 stores, approximately 57,000 couples will marry on 11/11/11.

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TheKnot.com Streams Exclusive Live Bridal Fashion Shows on Facebook

October 15, 2011

TheKnot.com today celebrates its position as the number one online wedding planning resource with the launch of several new features that solidifies it as the most definitive source for wedding and fashion videos online.

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Wedding of the Year (?)

October 12, 2011

[Infographic] There are celebrity weddings and then there are celebrity weddings. On August 20th, Kim and Kris had the wedding of the decade in Montecito, California and spared no expense. Check out our new infograph that compares the average United States wedding cost versus Kim Kardashian’s wedding cost.

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Hottest Wedding Trends in 2012

October 6, 2011

Bride’s fantasy weddings came to life at The Wedding Salon at The W City Center. The nation’s premier luxury bridal event showcased the hottest trends for 2012 including Nature Inspired Accents, Attention to Detail and Wedding Trends Straight from the Paris Runway.

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