Combining retail and pet services is becoming more common, according to Packaged Facts Pet Services in the US, 2nd Edition 2023. At the consumer level, franchising can combine some of the advantages of local, operator-owned with corporate efficiencies. At the industry level, franchising exemplifies how the pet market has entered a new era of multiple-front competition driven in large part by the e-commerce boom.
Source: Pet Product News, December 2023. Link.
Also see: AAHA partners with Chewy, announces enhanced digital benchmarking platform free for all members, Veterinary Practice News, December 13, 2023. Link. AAHA Benchmarking+ is now free to all AAHA members using certain Chewy Health tools as well as practices using Chewy Healths’s PracticeHub.
Also see: Chewy is opening vet care practices. Link. Chewy is launching pet health practices under the brand name Chewy Vet Care. The first practice will open in South Florida with additional locations launching throughout 2024.