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In 2023, the Brazilian pet store trade had an estimated income of R$ 70 billion (US$14.02 billion). [4] [5] According to the Brazilian Association of the Pet Products Industry (Abinpet) and the Instituto Pet Brasil, Brazil is considered the third largest market (4.95%), behind only the United States (43.7%) and China (8.7%).
Petco sells pet food, products, and services, as well as certain types of live small animals. Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply company in California, it grew into a pet food and supplies chain. Acquired by The Spectrum Group, Inc. and the Thomas H. Lee Company in 1988, it first went public on the NASDAQ in 1994 (ticker "PETC"). [4]
Pet Supplies Plus (also styled Pet Supplies "Plus") is a privately held pet supply retailing corporation with a major presence in the US. [4] [5] It was founded in 1988 in Redford, Michigan in the United States. As of 2005, it was the third largest specialty pet food retailer in the US. [6]
Sunflower Market – SuperValu-owned natural foods market; closed in 2008; never affiliated with the southwestern US chain of the same name; Super Duper; Super Fresh; Super Saver Foods; Twin Valu – hypermarket launched by SuperValu (owner of Cub Foods and ShopKo) in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in 1989 and Euclid, Ohio (1990); closed March 1995
In the United States, pet-food sales in 2016 reached an all-time high of $28.23 billion. [3] Mars is the leading company in the pet food industry, making about $17 billion annually in pet-care products. [4] Online sales of pet food are increasing and contributing to this growth. Online sales in the US increased 15 percent in 2015. [5]
World Market, formerly Cost Plus World Market, is an American chain of specialty/import retail stores, selling home furniture, decor, curtains, rugs, gifts, apparel, coffee, wine, craft beer, and international food products. The brand's original name came from the initial concept, since abandoned, of selling items for "cost plus 10%".
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Pet Food Express CEO and co-owner Michael Levy started a dog training business in 1976 and opened his first San Francisco location in 1980, selling some food and supplies. In 1986, he left dog training to focus on retail and had expanded to three locations by the time his business partner, Mark Witriol, came aboard in 1992.