Digital Pet Care and E-Commerce Becoming Essential During Pandemic
For over a decade, online sales have been booming. But the pandemic has fast-tracked e-commerce and digital pet care like never before.
- by Daniel Granderson
- August 12 2020
- cat food
- cats
- dog food
- dogs
- pet
- pet food
- pet industry
- pet market
- pet products
- pet retail
Finding the Silver Lining in Pandemic-Era Pet Food
COVID-19 has wrought vast and ongoing changes and challenges for U.S. businesses. Nevertheless, the pet food market has been living up to its recession-resistant reputation, highlighting the “silver lining” the overall pet market has experienced as a result of the pandemic.
- by Daniel Granderson
- January 9 2020
- cat food
- cats
- dog food
- dogs
- pet
- pet food
- pet health
- veterinarians
Pet Food and Health: The Veterinary Angle
As with pet health choices generally, veterinarians should play a more proactive role in guiding their customers to balanced pet food choices.
- by Daniel Granderson
- August 15 2019
- cat food
- cats
- dog food
- dogs
- pet
- pet food
- pet industry
- pet market
- pet retail
- Petco
- PetSmart
“Other” Pet Store Sector in Transition
Packaged Facts estimates pet product sales of pet specialty stores other than PetSmart and Petco at under $6 billion. These “other” pet chain or independent stores consist primarily of smaller- and mid-size formats, although also with some superstore-size outlets among the regional chains.
- by Daniel Granderson
- February 5 2019
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- cat food
- cats
- dog food
- dogs
- ecommerce
- online retail
- pet
- pet food
Online Sales are Key to Pet Food Growth
The pet food market is in the midst of a retail channel show-down, with online juggernauts Amazon and Chewy pulling out stops while putting pricing pressure on pet specialty and mass retailers and eroding the divide between them.
Pet Food Sales Get Physical: Brick-and-Mortar Stores Preferred by Dog and Cat Owners
Despite e-commerce uptick, 88% of dog owners, 93% of cat owners purchase pet food in a store
- by Daniel Granderson
- February 1 2017
- cat food
- cats
- dog food
- dogs
- natural and organic
- pet care
- pet food
- pet industry
- pet market
- pet market research
- pet owners
- pet packaging
- pet parenting
- pet products
- pet research
- pet retail
- pet trends
For pet marketers, the natural and organic segment is competitive catnip
Gone are the days when pet owners had to seek out their local independent pet store to find a decent selection of natural pet products. Today, natural, organic and eco-friendly pet products generate billions of dollars of sales annually across a wide range of channels--and the market just keeps growing.
- by Daniel Granderson
- January 12 2017
- candy
- cat food
- cats
- chocolate
- dog food
- dogs
- pet
- pet care
- pet food
- pet health
- pet industry
- pet market
- pet market research
- pet products
- pet retail
- pet trends
- Petco
- PetSmart
- veterinarians
- veterinary
Mars Inc.'s Acquisition of VCA: More Fidos, Fewer Sugars
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The VCA deal gives Mars further latitude for growth beyond the mass-market product arena. That’s especially important because it’s not just kibble sales that have flattened in the mass market; the same is true for candy. Even in the case of Mars, with its globally iconic portfolio of chocolate and non-chocolate (sugar) candy brands, confectionery manufacturers face considerable challenges to growth.
- by Daniel Granderson
- September 21 2016
- cat food
- cat owners
- dog owners
- dogs
- pet health
- pets
- pets as family
- weight management
There’s no denying it: Age and weight affect our pets
Although pet owners may not like to think of their pets as old or overweight, the need for products targeting overweight/obese pets or senior pets is increasing.
What we’re reading - A healthier way to feed your cat: Hide its meals, says The New York Times
Packaged Facts covers cat food across our catalog of pet products & services reports. Save 10% on any pet report through October 1 with discount code PETSUMMER10.
July 26 - Much like people, cats need portion control. They need regular exercise. And some experts even say they really should be in charge of their own feeding schedule.
Taken together, these factors boil down to the notion that cats should not be eating from bowls. Plopping a scoop of food into a bowl is not enough!
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