Current News
Pet Store Owners May Get Health Care Tax Credits
The national health care reform enacted in March will allow about 4 million small businesses to receive more than $40 billion in tax credits that start this year, according to the White House, based on estimates from the Council of Economic Advisors and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office... 
EPA to Restrict Spot-On Flea/Tick Products
After a yearlong study of safety issues related to spot-on flea and tick control products for pets, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will sit down with every manufacturer that has registered a spot-on product to determine—on a case-by-case basis—how to improve product labeling to promote safer use by consumers...
Global Pet Expo Posts Positive Early Numbers
Like the pet industry as a whole, Global Pet Expo managed to buck the trends of recession by posting slight attendance gains, according to early registration counts...
Post-Recession Pet Spending Will Rise
Pent-up demand for products and services that pamper pets and enhance their health will kick in during 2010, building momentum that will push total industry sales to $72 billion by 2014, according to a new industry report...
Pet Care Trust Program Brings Pets to Students
A new grant program designed to put more pets into classrooms could help students gain hands-on experience caring for companion animals—and introduce a new generation of customers to local pet stores...
Poll: Public Misperceives HSUS
The Washington-based Humane Society of the United States, an animal protection organization well-known for its media campaigns to stop “puppy mills,” is not an umbrella group for animal shelters—although 70 percent of Americans think it is, according to a poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation (Princeton, N.J.)...
Retailers Pay Prices for Poor Customer Service
Now we know why retailing experts always stress the importance of good customer service: Poor customer service costs American businesses a whopping $83 billion a year, according to calculations by a group of analysts...
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