Mother's Day Gift Solutions

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It's almost another Mother's Day. You gave mom perfume last year, a sweater the year before. Maybe you'll just give her another fragrance. She won't remember that you gave her the same thing last year, right?

The Mother's Day gift-giving game is played year in and year out by gift givers across the country. According to a recent survey of 1,000 online shoppers conducted by Shopzilla, an online shopping search engine, almost half of respondents report that they will be buying a gift for Mother's Day. More than 80 percent will purchase gifts for their own mother while 28 percent will buy something for their mother-in-law.

Since so many consumers will be buying Mother's Day gifts this year, look to these gift givers as a resource to get your own gift ideas. According to the survey, the top gifts mom will get this year are:

FEMALE GIFT GIVERS

Flowers 48 percent

Clothing 28 percent

Cosmetics, health, beauty products 20 percent

Home-related items 17 percent

Books 17 percent

MALE GIFT GIVERS

Flowers 52 percent

Clothing 23 percent

Food/wine 19 percent

Books 18 percent

Home-related items 16 percent

This holiday only comes once each year. That's why you don't want to blow it by giving Mom a less-than-spectacular gift. A resource like Shopzilla has an index of more than 30 million products from over 50,000 stores. Use the site to shower mom with flowers every month, get gourmet meals delivered to her doorstep, or talk on a prepaid cellular phone. The site can help you find the ideal gift at the right price, without ever leaving your hometown. Then, use the site to compare items and peruse consumer reviews of stores and products.

To find a Mother's Day gift for the mother figure in your life, visit www.shopzilla.com.