Getting rid of pet hair is the number one pain point for pet owners according to a recent survey. As the owner of two, white Jack Russell Terriers, I can’t believe how two small dogs could possibly shed so much. But living with pet hair is the price we pet lovers live with as a [...]
Are you aware of this great service provided by the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA) and Global Pet Expo? They provide online training courses for a variety of topics that are useful to pet retailers that include: Customer service Animal care Merchandising Nutrition Manager training And did I mention it was free? That’s right. The [...]
If you’re a pet retailer looking for new revenue streams you may not have to look any further than your breakfast table. We’re talking eggs! Or chickens, actually, and in this case we know that they come first! Why? Because backyard chicken breeders are springing up in suburbs and cities all over the US as families [...]
When we talk about the pros and cons of selling “pet food” online we’re really talking about dog food and cat food, which together makes up the majority of “pet” food sales in this country. This makes perfect sense considering that dogs and cats live in 37% and 32% of American households, respectively, well ahead [...]
Doug Poindexter, President of the World Pet Association, started in the pet industry in 1969 working for a local independent retailer. The small independent store grew to a four store chain located in major malls in Southern California. Doug left to open his own store in 1980 named Doug’s Animal House which Doug sold in [...]
Are you about to launch your new pet business and you’re looking for a good location? Even service businesses like dog walking or pet sitting need to spend a lot of attention to the market area of their business. Determining a profitable market area is not something just for brick and mortar retailers like pet [...]
Congrats to Concord Pet Food & Supplies for being named the 2011 Pet Retailer of the Year by Pet Business Magazine! How has the 21-chain regional player been able to stave off competitioon and pricing pressures from the likes of big box retailers like Petco and Petsmart? According to the recent article in Pet Business, the [...]
Received this message from a pet retailer here in the US. Can anyone help him out? “Please see if you can source a 100 or more of the Flying Cow Frisbee Dog Toy by Bamboo. I know that they do not manufacture or sell them here in the US anymore but was hoping to import [...]
Transcript An Interview with Jeff Ratner of Dave’s Soda & Pet City Conducted September 2011 Topic: Is Now a Good Time to Open a Pet Store? Q: What are the top 3 considerations for opening a retail store? Dave Ratner: OK, the number one absolute thing is [with] retail business is location, location, [...]
As we discussed in a previous blog post about whether or not you should sell on line, it’s not for the faint of heart. But after examining all the pros and cons and you’re still interested in making the leap into ecommerce, the one area you don’t want to skimp on is the website’s shopping [...]
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