Current News
PIJAC Enlists Pet Owners’ Help in Legal Battles
For the first time its history, the Washington-based Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council is asking responsible pet owners to join in the fight against laws that could limit Americans’ ability to own pets... 
Pet Retailers Are Torn on Health Care Reform
Mandates requiring employers to “pay or play” are among the most controversial provisions in health-care proposals working their way through Congress—and pet retailers seem almost evenly divided on the issue, based on the results of a PET AGE poll taken in mid September. More than half (52.6 percent) gave a qualified thumbs up, while 47.4 percent turned thumbs down...
Activist Group Identifies Toxins in Pet Products
One in four pet products tested by a nonprofit environmental research group had detectable levels of lead—and 7 percent had levels higher than 300 p.p.m., the current Consumer Product Safety Commission standard for lead in children’s products, according to The Ecology Center (Ann Arbor, Mich.)...
Americans Provide for Pets, Even in Trying Times
The “pets as people” trend isn’t fading: U.S. pet owners are making provisions for pets in their wills, taking care of pets’ medical needs before their own and planning vacations around the comfort and safety of their four-legged friends. That’s according to long-awaited results from the 2009-2010 National Pet Owners Survey by the American Pet Products Association (Greenwich, Conn.)...
WWPIA Adopts World Pet Association Name
The World Wide Pet Industry Association (Monrovia, Calif.) is now the World Pet Association—a change that reflects the organization’s evolving mission to serve members of the pet industry and their customers...
Sherpa Launches ‘Guaranteed On Board’
A partnership between a pet products manufacturer and a major domestic airline aims to reduce worries for people flying with companion animals...
Pet Fashion Week NY Draws 1,000
The fourth edition of Pet Fashion Week NY drew quite a crowd to Manhattan’s Metropolitan Pavilion: About 1,000 people came throughout the weekend of Aug. 22-23 to see pet-related products in the event’s high-end, artistic style...
U.K.’s Pet Care Trust Announces Awards
The Pet Care Trust, an industry organization based in Bedford, England, presented its inaugural Pet Industry Awards to top manufacturers, retailers and groomers during Glee 2009, held Sept. 20-22 in Birmingham, England...
Attendance Good at All American Grooming Show
The 37th All American Grooming Show, held Aug. 13-16 in Wheeling, Ill., matched its draw from last year by hosting 1,200 trade visitors, including 84 contestants with 209 entries, and more than 94 vendor booths, according to show producer Jerry Schinberg...
Groomers Compete at Carolina GroomFest
Olga Zabelinskaya of Grooming Gallery (Morris Plains, N.J.) won Best in Show honors at the eighth Carolina GroomFest, held in May in Columbia, S.C., by the National Dog Groomers Association of America Inc. (Clark, Pa.)...
Retailers Don’t See Back-To-School Bounce
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced the end of the recession in September, but his announcement doesn’t jive with consumer spending over the summer...
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