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. Additionally, to determine what the consuming public spend all this money on, one need look no further than the Worldwide Web for a product overview of PetSmart. Epstein (2016) reported, PetSmart, sells “... birds, guinea pigs, mice, turtles, lizards, and supplies for these and just about every other animal, excluding elephants, otters, walruses, panthers, and perhaps a few others” (para. 1). Also, during a recent visit to PetSmart where I purchased another fancy koi for a backyard pond, I discovered that along with the assortment of pets and supplies they offer for sale, they also provide pet grooming services and veterinary care. Personally, I was astonished at the variety of aquariums, lighting, and pets to name only a few of the items that were available for the adamant and casual animal lover. Even Forbes (2016) recognized, “PetSmart sells pet food and pet supplies
Pestsmart is the largest specilalty pet retailer in the Unites State. It has more than 1160 brick-and-mortar pet stores in the U.S. It is a company that supplies pet accessories and also provides grooming, training, treatment, overnight care, and day care services for pets. The name petsmart suggests that the company keeps ones pet smart and groomed which is one of the services that the company offers. The company ensures the wellbeing of pets that are brought at their stores by taking care of them and ensuring that they are housed in healthy environments when their owners leave them over the night or during the day. PetSmart has some strong competitors that are Petco, Wal-Mart, and Target.
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.
In modern times, Native Americans are often overlooked and even looked down upon. In “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”, the author writes about the life of one particular Native American. Overall, the story is about Victor Joseph, the protagonist, and his personal growth throughout the duration of his life and life struggles. In the beginning, it is said that Victor’s father leaves his family. This conflict really had a long term effect on Victor and also on Thomas Builds-the-Fire, another main character. All in all, Sherman Alexie displays the use of flashbacks and personal conflicts to build the main plot.
“More and more, pets are becoming parts of our family. Owners want to reflect their own style, their personal taste in the pet they care about.”
Considering your company already faced a class action lawsuit for peddling unhealthy puppy mill dogs all the way back in 2009 and you still haven’t taken action to solve the problem really surprised me. Thankfully starting in 2010, dogs that came from puppy mills were no longer aloud to be sold at Petland. Even though the puppy mill problem was solved, that does not mean there weren’t any other problems that needed to be addressed.
As most people know, storytelling is an important aspect of the Native American culture. That is how many of customs and tribal practices get passed down throughout history. In the short story “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” the narrator explains how Thomas Builds-the-Fire’s story’s are needed but not appreciated. Through a maim revelation Thomas understands the importance of storytelling. Conflicts between the community and the the main characters are present through the story. Before explaining this story and its meaning, the theme must be recognized.
Operating in 1197 stores in North America, PetSmart "is the largest specialty retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets" (PetSmart.com.PetSmart Corporate: Investor Relations. 2012). The business of pets and pet care continues to be a thriving and growing industry; "the American Pet Products Association, or "APPA, estimated the calendar year 2010 market at approximately $47.7 billion, an increase of more than 180% since calendar year 1994" (PetSmart.com. Investor Relations. Annual Report. 2010). The industry's size and scope provides opportunities for a range of business to compete for the pet owner's discretionary spending; as such PetSmart must constantly innovate and offer consumers value across their business model. The ongoing streamlining of the company's value chain offers insight into two "big ideas" of economics: markets and voluntary exchange, and choices and incentives.
Sherman J. Alexie, is a short story written in the first person focusing on two Native American Men who grew up together on a Reservation for Native Americans but have been estranged from each other since they were teenagers. Victor who is the narrator of this story is a young man who lost faith in his culture and its traditions, while Thomas our second main character is a deeply rooted traditional storyteller. In the beginning of the story Victor, our Native American narrator learns the death of his father. Jobless and penniless, his only wish is to go to Phoenix, Arizona and bring back his father’s ashes and belongings to the reservation in Spokane. The death of Victor’s father leads him and Thomas to a journey filled with childhood
Pet owners in the United States spend more than the government does on welfare. While citizens do have the right to spend their money on whatever goods they wish, it does tell a lot about us. Perhaps if the money was spent on more reasonable things, such as charity, it would help those in need. After all, if one donated to starving children, wouldn't that be considered more benefical to your dollar, than buying the twentieth squeaky toy for your dog's collection? Being moneywise should be in everyone's skills, especially for those who spared their cash on material things for their
Numerous reasons went into why the Declaration of Independence was written, from the tyranny of the British to the aspirations of the Americans. Various causes inspired the composing of the Declaration, however, the main objective of the colonists was the same, the desire to be free from the English rulers. Both the intellectuals in the cities and the toiling farmers in the country wished the same. Northern colonies and southern colonies agreed that the despotic British no longer should regulate the Americas.
Some people may think that buying a pet from a pet store is essentially rescuing an animal from one of these places, and while it may be true, it is only supporting the industry and allowing it to continue with these horrible practices. I will now be explaining what we can do to stop these practices.
Logos. Facts. Adopting. It means saving one of the more than six million cats, dogs, or countless other animals who enter U.S. animal shelters EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Adopting is never buying any type of animal. What’s the difference between a pet store and an animal shelter? This is one of the most asked questions over this topic. And the answer? Profit. Pet stores. Pet stores sell animals only for the money or profit they can get off that animal. Animal shelters are there to save lives. Get an animal off the street. Animal shelters take unwanted, stray, or abandoned animals. Now you may be thinking about an adoption fee. Wouldn't that basically count as buying? Absolutely not. Shelters use the adoption fee so they can get more positive things for the animals. Food, medicine, spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations, microchipping, and other important things for your new companion needs. In other words, your money is going to help animals. Still not convinced adopting is better? Let’s take a look at some examples.
Urban areas are usually grown upwards, but things did not seem to go that way for the city of Phoenix. Phoenix has done nothing but expand thanks to the much endless desert space they are surrounded by. Many suburban areas where created around Phoenix due to large amount of family homes built. Along with all of the development and amount of time, Phoenix is actually now surrounded by 24 smaller cities. A large amount of ecosystems where destroyed in order to build a lot of single family homes and a lot of streets. A big reason for the Phoenix region growing outwards rather than upwards is mostly due to land being priced very cheap and allowing larger margins of profits because homes are not build until they have all been completely purchased by the customers.
The U.S. Constitution underlies the two important principles of freedom and equality among all the citizens of our nation. There is no question that it took decades of fighting, court hearings, and social movements for this country to achieve the level of freedom and equality in which we have today. However, there is still major gender inequality that is occurring in our very own nation. It sounds crazy that gender inequality occurs in America this day in age, it often gets overlooked and ignored even though we have women activist groups and clear statistics to prove, that the inequality of women is still a major issue in this country.
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House caused a sensation in 1879. During the 19th century, theatergoers were used to plays with fanciful plots that led to happy ending. Ibsen revolted against this and created a play A Doll’s House, which was the first modern drama. It was so shock to people, because it showed women’s inner life and their different, true side from what people wanted to believe and what they thought of. With his exclusive play, he shows his views of women’s struggles, strengths, and desires.