Every flower, chocolate, and jewelry brand in America is in the auction right now.

Also in effect on this date

The full docket. Any of these would hold up in a Monday standup.

• It is Friday the 13th, and consumer confidence is superstitious.

  Workweek · in effect Fridays · day 13

• Every mattress and appliance retailer declared a Presidents' Day event at once.

  Holidays · in effect Presidents' Day (5d before through 1d after)

• Consumers are only buying things that can arrive by the fourteenth.

  Holidays · in effect Valentine's Day (13d before)

• Nothing that cannot be gift-wrapped is selling this week.

  Holidays · in effect Valentine's Day (13d before)

• Every brand with a CRM is sending a Valentine's campaign to the same inbox.

  Holidays · in effect Valentine's Day (13d before)

• Refund checks hit. They're buying TVs, not your product.

  Economy · in effect 02-01 to 03-15

• Tax refund spending is inflating every benchmark except yours.

  Economy · in effect 02-01 to 03-15

• Red carpet galleries are outperforming every asset your team has ever produced.

  Media & Culture · in effect 01-05 to 03-15