US: Consumers to spend record $35.7 billion on Mother’s Day

Consumers plan to spend a total of $35.7 billion on Mother’s Day this year, nearly $4 billion more than last year’s record high of $31.7 billion, according to the annual survey released on April 27 by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Eighty-four percent of U.S. adults are…