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ADMC Just Put Natural Dog Company on Every Truck. Here's What That Does to Balm Pricing.Private Equity Just Bought the Middleweight Brands Your Shelves Depend OnPhillips-Bil-Jac Deal Signals Fresh Pressure on Regional Pet DistributorsBetterBone Just Launched in Four Countries at Once. Here's What That Says About Where Margin Really Lives.Brightkins Bets $17 Puzzles Can Pull Margin Back From the Treat WallWhy Pet Retailers Stopped Reading Your Trade NewsThe Innocent Hound Just Repackaged Its Complete Range. Here's What That Actually Tests.K9 Resorts Just Opened Its Second Michigan Location. Here's What That Clustering Strategy Means for Indies.ADMC Just Put Natural Dog Company on Every Truck. Here's What That Does to Balm Pricing.Private Equity Just Bought the Middleweight Brands Your Shelves Depend OnPhillips-Bil-Jac Deal Signals Fresh Pressure on Regional Pet DistributorsBetterBone Just Launched in Four Countries at Once. Here's What That Says About Where Margin Really Lives.Brightkins Bets $17 Puzzles Can Pull Margin Back From the Treat WallWhy Pet Retailers Stopped Reading Your Trade NewsThe Innocent Hound Just Repackaged Its Complete Range. Here's What That Actually Tests.K9 Resorts Just Opened Its Second Michigan Location. Here's What That Clustering Strategy Means for Indies.

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01 · PetRetailNews Desk Research

How Independent Pet Stores Outlived the Chewy Panic

In 2018 and 2019, trade press and retailers alike braced for e-commerce to gut the independent pet channel. Chewy's own numbers, and what surviving stores actually did, tell a more complicated story.

6 min read · Jul 20

02 · PetRetailNews Desk Research

The Pet Store Count, 2019-2026: Who Opened, Who Closed, Who's Left

Petco trimmed its fleet, Pet Supplies Plus nearly doubled its store count, and one overleveraged regional chain lost most of its stores in a matter of days. Here is what the verified footprint data actually shows.

7 min read · Jul 20