FieldNotes

How Pet Owners Are Shopping in 2026: The Numbers Retailers Need to Know

How Pet Owners Are Shopping in 2026: The Numbers Retailers Need to Know

Posted by FieldStack, August 19, 2026
Pet retail is a big industry, but the numbers behind it tell a more interesting story than the size of the market alone.

Subscribe to FieldStack's Blog — FieldNotes

Posts about Retail Strategy

Back-to-School Shopping Is Changing: What That Means for Retailers

Back-to-school shopping is one of the biggest retail moments of the year, and this year's numbers tell an interesting story. Families are expected to spend more than ever, but that doesn't mean ...

8 Pet Store Merchandising Tips to Boost Sales and Customer Experience

A pet store's merchandising strategy does more than make shelves look clean and organized. It influences what customers notice, how easily they find what they need, and which products they ultimately ...

What Is Safety Stock? Definition, Benefits, & Why It's Important

Not much is more frustrating than running out of a product customers expect you to have.

Pet Store Marketing Ideas: 7 Ways to Attract and Retain Customers

Running a pet store already comes with enough to manage. Between inventory, employees, customers, and everything else that happens day to day, marketing can easily fall to the bottom of the list.

Retail Inventory Accuracy: What It Is and How to Measure & Improve It

Inventory accuracy is one of those metrics that sounds simple until you try to manage it in a real retail environment.

Adding Grooming to a Pet Store: What to Know Before You Start

Pet retail is evolving. While pet products remain an important part of the business, pet parents are increasingly allocating more of their spending toward ongoing care, routine services, and richer ...

Recommerce for Retailers: How to Manage Second-Hand Inventory in Your Stores

Back in early 2023 we covered the growing recommerce market in this blog post: 8 Reasons Why the Recommerce Trend is Here to Stay in Retail. Since then, recommerce has expanded significantly and ...

6 Ways Pet Stores Can Execute eCommerce (And How It Drives More Local Sales)

A customer searches for a specific dog food brand, finds it in stock at a nearby store, places the order in seconds, and picks it up that afternoon.

Demand Forecasting for Retail: What It Is and How to Do It Right

Inventory is often the single biggest asset on a specialty retailer’s balance sheet. Get forecasting wrong, and you’re either sitting on dead stock burning cash or out of stock, losing sales you may ...