pufferfishnz Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Does every town or city need a pet store? Yes or no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Yup, we definitely need one in Kerikeri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koti2113 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Yes definitely if you are as addicted to pets as i am :slfg: Here in Invercargill there is only one pet store and a garden store that half pie sells fish and accessories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Every town needs one, preferably more unfortunately Pet stores need customers though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 50% of NZ households have a cat, and 30% have a dog. Would have thought that would be enough customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 50% of cats get food from the supermarket and one collar most dogs get food from supermarket and a leash. (although dog care products are the fastest growing part of the pet industry) if there are only 5 (struggling) pet stores in Tauranga with a population of around 110,000 that works out a requirement of 22000 people per pet store. as for fish keeping it really needs an even higher customer base as there are less fish keepers per capita. and the costs of a fish setup are a lot higher. If a store can't sell enough fish the prices go up, and sales slow down untill said pet store closes. as seen in Tauranga numerous times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Need? No Want? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinefish4life Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 We have 4 but none sell marine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 We have 4 but none sell marine you know where to go shopping for marines :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeebee Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 No pet shops in Kerikeri? I would love to move up there and open a pet store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 It really depends on the size of the population that the town serves. Most live animals are long lived (8+ years) so they would have to out compete with supermarkets on price and quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 I think the supermarkets only sell cheap fish foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinox Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 I think most places should have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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