APPA Studies People Who Don’t Own Pets
A new study takes a different approach to analyzing pet ownership: Instead of asking pet owners what they think, the National Pet Market Opportunity Study from the American Pet Products Association (Greenwich, Conn.) focuses on those who don’t own pets to try to find out why... 
Pet Store Pro Adds Online Manager Training
Pet Store Pro, the free online training program created by the Pet Industry Distributors Association (Bel Air, Md.), in December introduced a new curriculum designed specifically for pet store managers to help them meet the challenges of day-to-day operations. The management-level training teaches effective ways to lead and motivate employees and improve store profitability...
5K Raises $3K at Backer Show
The second annual 5K Fun Run/Walk, sponsored by GoToRovers.com (Portland, Ore.) and held in conjunction with H.H. Backer’s Pet Industry Christmas Trade Show on Oct. 15, raised $3,000 for shelter animals in Oak Park, Ill...
Hagen Helps Amazon Parrots
Hundreds of malnourished Amazon chicks, rescued in September during a dramatic police operation in Brazil, can thank Rolf C. Hagen Inc. (Montreal) for its substantial donation of Tropican Hand-Feeding Formula, developed by the Hagen Avicultural Research Institute...
Pet Meds to Hit $6.7 Billion
Retail sales of pet medications—including sales through veterinarians, brick-and-mortar retailers and online—will reach $6.7 billion in 2011, according to “Pet Medications in the U.S.”, published by Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com (New York)...
PIJAC Offers New Invasive Species Toolkit
The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Washington) in November released a new document it co-produced with the Global Invasive Species Programme designed to prevent pets from adding to the invasive species problem...
NRF: E-tailers Should Collect Sales Tax, Too
Contending that online sellers have an unfair price advantage over Main Street stores, the National Retail Federation (Washington) is urging federal lawmakers to support legislation that would require Internet retailers to collect sales tax just as local merchants do...
Online Pet Food Sales May Rise
Pet food is heavy and expensive to ship, leaving most to think it wouldn’t benefit much from the increasing popularity of online shopping. That may not be the case, however, according to a new report released by IBISWorld (Los Angeles), a market research group...
Study: Mobile-Enhanced Shopping to Grow
Shopping on mobile devices, like telephones and iPads, will grow quickly during 2012, according to an online marketing manager at the e-commerce company, Shopatron (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)...
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