Wedding Business Today

Wedding Industry Statistics from CDC

Chris Jaeger — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:17:27 +0000

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.

Build Your Wedding Business – Free Online Workshops

Chris Jaeger — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:29:25 +0000

Join Chris Jaeger (Marketing to Brides Online) and Rick Brewer (Get More Brides) for their free marketing to brides workshops. These free online workshops are held each week on Tuesdays at 1:30pm Eastern. They are completely free, all you have to do is register to get the access link.

Follow Wedding Business Today at Facebook

Chris Jaeger — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:40:03 +0000

Follow Wedding Business Today at Facebook. We post all of our site updates to Facebook as well as additional information, news, and valuable links. It's easy and it's free (of course!).

Weddings and Oxytocin

Chris Jaeger — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:49:35 +0000

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

JLM Couture Opens Flagship Store in West Hollywood

Chris Jaeger — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:55:10 +0000

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 [...]

U.S. Marriage Rate Dropping in Career-driven Society

Chris Jaeger — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:54:31 +0000

“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 Sells Stake in Wedding Wire

Chris Jaeger — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:51:50 +0000

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.

Married Couples at a Record Low

Chris Jaeger — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:29:18 +0000

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 Launches in Charlottesville, Virginia

Chris Jaeger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:48:39 +0000

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).

Exciting Surprises are In Store for This Year’s Outer Banks Wedding Weekend

Chris Jaeger — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:47:12 +0000

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.