The Analysis : Domestic Pets

Petsmart is the largest specialty pet retailer. They provide service and products for the lifetime needs or pets. They became a private company in 2015 (Associated Press, 2015). They sell live animals such as fish, gerbils, and birds. They also partner with adoption agencies for cats, dogs and rabbit. These partners will come once a week to hold an adoption event. Petsmart also offers services such as cat and dog grooming, boarding, training and an on-site veterinarian. Their vision statement according to Petsmart Corporate is “We love pets and we believe pets make us better people. Petsmart will be the trusted partner to pet parents and pets in every moment of their lives.” (2010). The following paper will analyze ways in which Petsmart can increase their ROI by focusing on innovation, sustainability and Six Sigma processes.

PetSmart is one of the largest specialty pet retailers of service and solutions for the lifetime of pets. More than 1008 stores are open in the United States and Canada that provide pet foods and supplies that are priced reasonably. PetSmart provides all types of services for pets including pet training, pet grooming, pet boarding and adoption services. In addition to providing impressive value PetSmart has the broadest, deepest product range in the industry, including thousands of products exclusive only to PetSmart. Every year PetSmart takes care of the grooming for hundreds of thousands of pets in what PetSmart calls its PetSmart Salons. These animals are groomed and pampered by stylist who have

Since most pet store animals are bred to make the cutest purebred, rather than making the animal healthy and stable to better the breed, a lot of genetic disorders occur with animal breeders, such as heart issues and epilepsy. There are usually too many multiple animals that the employees are taking care of, so they usually don’t catch a lot of illnesses that puppies can contract such as, canine distemper, parvovirus, and severe gastrointestinal disorders that they are prone to while at the pet store. The owner would then have to make the terrible decision of taking it back to the pet store or spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on a treatment that might save their

PetSmart has been in operation since 1987 with a mission to serve pet owners, termed "pet parents" by the company across multiple product and service platforms (PetSmart.com.PetSmart Corporate: Company Overview. 2012). PetSmart's goal is to capture an ever increasing share of the dynamic pet market, which has 62% of households in the United States owning a pet, equating to more than 71 million homes" (PetSmart.com. Investor Relations. Annual Report. 2010); by providing pet owners differentiated choices and value across key categories: "food and treats, supplies and

I, along with the author of, "Against Bringing Dogs to Work," believe that dogs should not be allowed in the workplace because they can be a distraction or harm other employees or property.

PetSmart has around 1,300 locations in the United States and Canada right now. Because of the large sum of money to set up a pet company, there is low threat of new entrants for them. All the new competitors hard to establish a new company like PetSmart in the short time, but they should aware of some similar store that provide selling similar pet food, even some better products. for example, organic pet foods. In addition, some of the new competitor try to provide the similar services just like PetSmart. There are many kind of pet foods and services provided by PetSmart, so it is hard to focuses on the particular food or services and make them better. However, for the other new competitors, they focuses on the one particular pet's food or

The effects of pet ownership have been shown to be beneficial for humans as well as animals in need of a home. People purchase pets for a variety of reasons, spanning from a need to get more exercise, a desire for companionship, to a desire for unconditional love. Other people simply just love animals and their lives feel complete without a furry friend. However, not all of the causes of pet ownership are positive. Some people purchase a pet because they think the animal looks cute but abandon the pet after they discover the hard work it requires to train it and keep it healthy. Other people do so out of ego, such as purchasing a large, vicious pet they hope will intimidate others and later find they cannot control. The motivational causes of owning a pet will determine the eventual effects of ownership.

Headquartered in Phoenix Arizona, PetSmart was founded in 1986 by Jim and Janice Dougherty and employs approximately fifty-three thousand employees with an estimated seven billion dollars in annual revenue (Forbes, 2016). Although an immense amount of money, consider Danielle Kurtzleben’s (2013) U.S. News article title which affirmed “Americans spend over $60 billion annually on their pets” (para 1). In other words, PetSmart has cornered a little less than thirteen percent of the American market. Interestingly, even an additional one percent gain in the overall market equates to millions of dollars.

Petsmart is a specialty retailer of pet products and services. They provide food and products, and offer services such as grooming, boarding, doggie day damp, day care, training and adoptions. The company employs about 53,000 associates and operates 1,477 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. (Company Information, 2010). Petsmart also does their part in the area of sustainability. The following will discuss what the company is doing in the areas of social sustainability and environmental sustainability. Then will discuss how their mission statement and website tie into their sustainability efforts. And finally, the following will give suggestions on how to improvement their sustainability effort.

In this passage the author reveals his/her tone by using negative words and phrases. The tone the author is setting is concerned and frustrated. By using the word “careless” in the title “Careless Canine Owners” the author is immediately conveying a negative image of the dog owners as thoughtless and lazy. In the passage, the author describes the pet owner’s behavior as negligent. By definition, negligent means not taking proper care in doing something. Naming pet owners negligent, shows concern that the animals may be in danger or causing danger to people around them. The author is showing frustration by pairing the words beloved animals and run wild. She/he is saying if pet owners truly love their animals then why let them roam free possibly

Looking among the many case studies available, I found Petco’s to be the most enticing, as I’ve had pets my entire life and shop at Petco on a fairly regular basis. I’ve always found their stores to be well-maintained and the small pets on display have looked to be in good health. Since I’ve moved quite a bit in my life, I’ve seen stores in at least a dozen different states, and have never left one feeling bad for the animals in it. Among all the choices, it was kind of a no-brainer for me, as I would like to work with dogs in some capacity when my time in the Coast Guard is up, and would only consider working with companies who do it for reasons beyond the bottom line. Truly caring about the well-being of animals—both those they sell and

PetSmart has an informative web site that is user-friendly. It uses visual aides to enhance the presented information, i.e. pictures of their products, of pets and of people with their pets, symbols, a variety of colors, and different fonts and formatting styles of written material to communicate to their audience who, what, why, when and where they are. As soon as you open their web page you are greeted with their logo- their name with the red bouncing ball that makes you think of playful pets, and a number of “lives saved” currently at 7,728,388 pets adopted through PetSmart stores and sponsored activities. It includes many links to their products, services and corporate sites in the United States and Cananda. It is very easy to search

They want a person's little furry friend to feel safe and enjoy their products. They want satisfaction and quality to be provided at its finest. By interacting with the pet owners and the pets themselves, "Our Fur Babies" creates a bond.

Sixty cats were successfully enrolled during 18 months of the study period. Mean age of these cats was 9.0 +/- 4.0 years old with 33 males and 27 females. The breeds of the cats enrolled include Domestic short hair (21), Domestic long hair (14), Maine Coon (12), Ragdoll (4), Scottish Fold (4), Persian (2), Himalayan (2), and Sphynx (1). Twenty-five of 60 cats (41.6%) had a known history of HCM prior to the enrollment in this group. Echocardiographic examination prior to the enrollment confirmed HCM in all enrolled cats with thickened left ventricular walls (interventricular septal wall thickness during diastole: 7.1 +/- 0.4 mm, posterior wall thickness during diastole 6.9 +/- 0.5 mm) and diastolic dysfunction. Thirteen cats of 60 cats

With the PetSmart Charities, a total of over 400000 pets are saved every year. Through finding lifelong homes and increasing spay and neuters to help reduce unplanned births. PetSmart Hotels offer twenty – four an hour, seven day a week supervision for cats and dogs. They even give out Pawgress reports so that the pet’s owner will be sure to come back again. Digital resources for pet parents, which includes PetSmart.com, PetFoodDirect.com, Pet360.com and Petmd.com. It is the biggest online pet supply and pet care information network in the United States