oh my god! i just don't know!!!!!!
2006-11-23 11:57:07 · 11 answers · asked by oliviaaa 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
History
PetSmart was founded in 1986 under the trade name Pacific Coast Distributing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and opened its first Pet Food Warehouse stores in the Phoenix area the following year. In 1988, the stores' names were changed to PetSmart. Through several mergers and acquisitions, PetSmart expanded in the early- and mid-1990s across the U.S. and into Canada, and entered online retailing through a partnership with Idealab in 1999 (which later became a wholly owned subsidiary of PetSmart).
In early 2000, PetSmart changed many of its stores from a front-half storefront, back-half warehouse feel to an all-over standard retail market, in hopes of not intimidating customers.
In August 2005, the company announced that it rebranding its name from PETsMART to PetSmart. This move is designed to emphasize its evolution from a pet supply store to a solutions-oriented company. [1] (It would also allow PetSmart to further distinguish itself from its main competitor, PETCO, which uses all capital letters in its name.)
As of the end of the 2005 fiscal year, PetSmart operated approximately 800 stores, and will have more than 60 PetsHotels and Doggie Day Camps by the end of 2006.
2006-11-23 11:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by Butterfly Goddess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a long time shareholder I can fill you in. It used to be PetsMart, but last year the company decided to change to Pet Smart, as part of a marketing strategy. This was to make use of the fact that the employees where pet smart, as you can ask them for infomation. They make you go through a long training period, starting with the basics, then you move to dogs, then cats, then fish, then birds. Each program takes about 6 monthes to complete, except the first.
2006-11-23 12:09:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a market for pets so: Pets Mart
2006-11-23 11:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by Robert S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pet smart
2006-11-24 12:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by lola7737 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pet smart
2006-11-23 11:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by Robert G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pets are smart
2006-11-23 11:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by catsup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its a play on words for both meaning. at least that's the conclusion i came to when one day this same question came to me and bugged the hell out of me. lol
2006-11-23 11:58:49 · answer #7 · answered by Robyn T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh my god! i just don't know either!!!!!!
however i just voted a thumbs up on your question
2006-11-23 11:59:06 · answer #8 · answered by the one and only robertc1985 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's both. That's why it's so darn clever!
2006-11-23 11:59:37 · answer #9 · answered by charleston chew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both
2006-11-23 13:43:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋