Fresh, Frozen, And Raw Pet Foods: Their Rise In Popularity And How To Capitalize
Fresh, frozen, and raw pet foods are on the rise among pet lovers. This is good news for local pet stores, as it is difficult for online retailers to store, ship, and handle these products. However, these specialty pet foods are also significantly[...]
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DCM and Safe Pet Food: What You Need to Know
For pet owners, nothing matters more than the health of their beloved companion. So, when the FDA released a report suggesting a link between grain-free foods and a higher risk of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), it created a wave of viral anxiety.
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What Does It Mean to Be a "Made in USA" Pet Product?
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on April 25, 2016. It was last edited on July 4, 2018 to refresh and update the content to keep it relevant.
Living in the United States means, to many people, freedom, fair wages (compared to[...]
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Forecasting The Next Big Trend in Pet Nutrition
You may have noticed: the pet food industry is somewhat at a standstill. Over recent years, manufacturers and marketers have been all about pet food that is natural, limited ingredient, frozen, raw, freeze-dried, grain-free, and...oh, did we mention[...]
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How Pet Businesses Can Fight Pet Obesity
The beginning of the year is the time for weight loss goals, new gym memberships, and the popularity of fad diets geared toward "shedding off the pounds." We set goals at the beginning of the year and aim for a healthier, better version of ourselves[...]
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How to Source Private Label Pet Products as an Independent Pet Store
With the pet industry growing more competitive, pet specialty retailers are doing everything they can to stand out from the pack. At this time, the same pet product can be purchased across a variety of channels ranging from big box stores and[...]
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How to Identify a High Quality Small Animal Food
As pet stores consider the small animal category, many are finding that it can be hard to keep the dietary requirements of each of the specific animals in line. The problem is that fitting eight to nine types of pets within one aisle is hard enough[...]
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How to Make Money off of Current Pet Food Trends
At the beginning of every year, pet professionals usually want to know two things:
- What happened last year? How is the pet industry doing? Are we growing in sales? Did we hit our goals?
- What's going to happen this year? What are the latest trends?[...]
A Year in the Life of the Pet Industry
Whew. Well, if there's anything we can all agree upon, it's that 2016 has been a wild ride, that's for sure. We experienced everything including Brexit, America's roller-coaster election, debates and bans on pet stores selling pets, Pokemon Go, the[...]
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Discussion: Should the Pet Industry be Owned by Pet Food?
Whether you're a pet store employee, a distributor rep, or even just a pet owner, there's one thing about the pet industry that everyone has noticed: pet food, and especially dog food, is king.
Of the $60.28 billion spent on pet supplies in 2015,[...]
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