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Pet Industry Continues to Grow
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Some people actually consider their pets to be their children and they buy them top quality toy’s, facility care while out of town, top quality food, and even clothes. While the country is in a recession that causes people to start under buying on necessities such as paper towel, toilet paper, gas, day-care and more, it is truly amazing to me that the pet industry is still booming along.
More than $3 billion dollars will be spent on pet services in 2008 according to the APPA, which will likely continue to grow in 2009, but at a lower rate than in prior years. Pet parents are including their pets in their own lifestyles so visits to the spa, exercise regimes, and hotel-quality day care accommodations have become more common in urban areas. In the suburbs, Wal-Mart continues to expand its pet section and has even been testing grooming stations in some of its stores. Expect to see Wal-Mart roll out grooming to more of its stores in 2009, taking on PetSmart’s dominance in this area.
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danakeith on February 3rd, 2009 6:28 pm
many people around now are into pet lover.. well, nothing’s wrong with it as long as they know their priority in life… People that are a pet lover should not go beyond border lines just to spoiled their pets…they should know their limitations too…
cassy on February 3rd, 2009 7:32 pm
Well, Im not totally agree about this kind of treatment a pet lover gives to his pet. Let us know that pets will not stay with us for a long time,they will die and if it will happen we will be get hurt and we can’t afford of losing it.
Danakeith is right, pet lovers should know their limitations…
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