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In that same 2015 study, what share of couples spent MORE than $4,000 on a ring?

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$2.1 billion

A famous De Beers ad campaign helped grow U.S. diamond sales from about $23 million in 1939 to how much by 1979?

That 40-year campaign is widely credited with making diamonds the default engagement-ring stone.

Source: Wikipedia (2024) en.wikipedia.org

nearly 25%

In a 2015 academic study of engagement spending, about what share of couples reported buying no ring at all?

That runs counter to the assumption that a ring is an essential part of every engagement.

Source: Wikipedia, citing a 2015 academic study (2015) en.wikipedia.org

about one-third

In that same 2015 study, about what share of couples spent less than $2,000 on their ring?

Ring spending in that study skewed much lower than popular assumptions about 'a month's salary.'

Source: Wikipedia, citing a 2015 academic study (2015) en.wikipedia.org

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