Sentences with phrase «national chain pet stores»

Cambridge pet stores, along with countless other national chain pet stores, have actually never sold dogs or cats, according to a representative.

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Just last fall, an outbreak of campylobacter infections spread by puppies from a national pet store chain affected 55 people in 12 states.

«Offering a distinct set of high - quality products will differentiate their stores from national specialty chains that don't sell a wide variety of alternative pet food products.»

D'Agnolo, who recently launched the Dogaholics pet business consulting company after selling the brick - and - mortar retail store to a national chain, says scented candles, plug - in air fresheners and a focus on cleanliness can go a long way in creating an aromatically pleasing setting.

During the month of October, Petco Foundation, the philanthropic branch of the national pet store chain, ran a program collecting these special stories.

GROVE CITY - «That decision came just days after Gov. John Kasich signed a law that will override the source of the confrontation — a new Grove City law that would have restricted where the national pet store chain's Grove City store could purchase its dogs.

That decision came just days after Gov. John Kasich signed a law that will override the source of the confrontation — a new Grove City law that would have restricted where the national pet store chain's Grove City store could purchase its dogs.

These efforts generated a tremendous amount of national publicity, the closing of numerous puppy mills, probes by the federal government's General Accounting Office and the Office of Inspector General, and the closing of the nation's largest pet store chain, «Docktors Pet Center».

There are many ways for pet stores to be successful and profitable without supporting cruelty — both local family - owned businesses and large national chains are thriving without selling animals.

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Another way to save some money is to get to know your local pet store, one that's not part of a national chain.

«We have the look of a high - end retail store, but deep down, we are a neighborhood pet store selling food for the same price as the national chains,» Paul said.

We are not part of any national chains or affiliated with any pet store or brand.

These puppy store demonstrations, which are really public information and educational activities, have been very successful in ending the sale of puppy mill dogs at a number of local retail outlets in L.A. and Orange County and even contributed to a national mall chain's decision to phase out pet stores in their malls in favor of hosted adoption events by rescues and shelters.

known lawsuits are currently being brought against puppy stores and national chains selling puppies, kittens and other animals sourced from pet mills.

This infection has been initially linked to contact with puppies sold through Petland, a national pet store chain, and is resistant to common first - line -LSB-...]

With a vision to provide quality pet products and services in a customer service - oriented environment, the national chain now boasts 90 stores across 11 states.

This week, Petland, a national chain of pet stores, made a statement about the need to revise this policy.

Michael Levy, founder of Oakland, Calif. - based Pet Food Express, a 54 - store chain of independent pet food and supply stores in California, will receive the National Retail Federation's Giver Award on Jan. 11, 2015, in New York at the NRF's inaugural gala, The List of People Shaping Retail's Future.

After graduating, she took a job at a national pet store chain as a dog trainer, and found her calling.

The national and regional pet chains, more than 3,500 stores strong, will still continue to dominate our industry.

Whether you are talking about 10 - store single - state operations, 20 - store regional retailers or 1,000 - plus - store national big - box behemoths, it can not be overestimated what these chains have meant to the world of pet specialty retailing, particularly as the channel has faced increasing competition from mass retailers over the past several years.

According to the American Pet Products Association's 2013 - 2014 National Pet Owners Survey, 59 percent of respondents who have bought pet ID tags in the past 12 months did so at a pet chain / super store, compared to 10 percent that bought IDs at an independent pet store.

In fact, even as the national big - box pet stores and certain regional chains across the country expanded significantly from 2007 through 2012, the total number of pet store operators actually declined by eight percent over those five years, according to a December 2012 industry report from IBISWorld, a Santa Monica, Calif. - based market research firm.

Plenty of pet stores — both national chains and independently owned operations — are successful without selling commercially bred puppies and kittens.

In our industry, Tracked Channels include Food - Drug - Mass, or FDM, included in Nielsen's xAOC data, as well as pet stores (including national pet superstores, regional pet store chains and neighborhood pet stores) and veterinary clinics, or Vet, included in data from GfK;

You worked hard at building your reputation, so it's no surprise that a national pet store chain calls upon you to represent its move into the downtown Toronto area.