This approach to retailing has paid off handsomely for
pet store chains across the U.S. and Canada.
The pet specialty retail landscape has changed pretty drastically over the years, and lines have been blurred by a number of factors, including the rise of online retailing, overwhelming interest from the investment community and — probably most prominently — the meteoric growth of a dozen or so regional
pet store chains across the country.
Not exact matches
And many of those puppies come from Petland, the Ohio - based company that has more than 70 retail
stores across the U.S. «It is the largest
chain of puppy - selling
pet stores in the U.S.,» Summers says.
All weekend long, PetSmart will host adoption events
across its
chain of more than 1,470
stores featuring thousands of
pets to adopt.
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.
But probably the best case I've heard for franchising came from an interview I recently did with Julie Johnston, vice president of merchandising and marketing for
Pet Valu, a Canada - based
pet store chain with 454
stores across Canada and the mid-Atlantic United States.
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.
The Scarborough, Ontario - based distributor, which services
pet retail outlets
across Canada, including independent retailers,
pet chain stores, farm feed
stores and veterinarians, received the award at this year's Global
Pet Expo, held March 24 - 26 in Orlando, Fla..