Atlantic City Means Business
Business was hot during H.H. Backer’s 24th Annual Pet Industry Spring Trade Show. Reminiscent of the city’s slogan, “Always Turned On,” buyers and exhibitors alike were primed to do business during the three-day trade show... 
Premiumization Versus Price
Pet industry players must walk a line between promotional pricing and product premiumization in the “new normal” of economic moderation. That’s according to “U.S. Pet Market Outlook 2012-2013,” a new report from market research publisher Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com (New York)...
More Pet Sale Bans Pop Up
The Hallandale Beach, Fla., City Commission in April approved an ordinance prohibiting pet stores from selling or transferring dogs and cats unless the animals were bred and reared on the premises...
National Labor Relations Board rules that went into effect at the end of April decrease the time frame for union-organizing elections to as little as 14 days—and that doesn’t give employers enough time to present their side to employees, said the National Retail Federation (Washington)...
Kids Losing Interest in Pets?
Anyone who has kids (or grandkids) knows it’s a struggle to limit the amount of time they spend playing video games and encourage them to engage in healthier activities. Now media producer Ken Jones is polling pet professionals in an effort to better understand why children are turning away from pet-related hobbies in favor of electronic toys and video games...
Crowd-Sourcing Product Design
In a move toward innovative collaboration with consumers, PetEdge Inc. (Beverly, Mass.) is licensing what it calls the first crowd-sourced pet product...
More than 60 local shelters, rescues and animal advocate groups rallied together for “My Furry Valentine,” a one-day event held in Cincinnati on Feb. 11 that also was declared Pet Adoption Day by Mayor Mark Mallory...
There are plenty of career options in the world of retail, and many of those have been captured on camera as part of a contest by the National Retail Federation (Washington)...
FTeaching children how to care for pets is more important than teaching them about sex or how to manage money, according to a survey sponsored by the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association (London)...
Competition Drives Creativity
Each way you turn, someone’s coming out with a novel retailing idea or adding a fresh perspective to the marketplace. That’s all well and good, but it does make it harder to differentiate your store and stay fresh...
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