Does every town or city need a pet store?

Yes or no?

Yup, we definitely need one in Kerikeri.

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

Every town needs one, preferably more

unfortunately Pet stores need customers though

50% of NZ households have a cat, and 30% have a dog.

Would have thought that would be enough customers.

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.

Need? No

Want? Yes

We have 4 but none sell marine

We have 4 but none sell marine

you know where to go shopping for marines :rotf:

No pet shops in Kerikeri?

I would love to move up there and open a pet store

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.

I think the supermarkets only sell cheap fish foods.

I think most places should have one.