Pet Food Direct gets $10 million in equity financing

The web-only pet supplies merchant plans to use the capital received from LLR Partners Inc. to finance continued growth while adding products and services, the retailer says.

Posted 06/20/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Pampering your pet: It's a dog-eat-dog world

Last year Americans spent upwards of $23 billion on their faithful furred, feathered, and finned friends. That's a lot of Scooby snacks, to be sure, but very little of that spending has translated to the world of e-commerce. But combine the seemingly insatiable demand for pet products and services with an online marketplace growing by leaps and bounds, and it's not surprising that the Internet big dogs are making early strides to mark their...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Taking the bite out of selling bulk dog food: Charge extra for shipping

Catalogers, web content, order fulfillment Bulk dog food sales have presented a problem to online sellers because of the expense of shipping it and consumers’ supposed resistance to paying shipping costs. Online pet supply retailers Drs. Foster & Smith Inc. have decided to just say Pay.

Posted 10/31/2002Internet RetailerPost a comment

Online pet stores: It`s a dog-eat-dog world

Last year Americans spent upwards of $23 billion on their faithful furred, feathered and finned friends. That’s a lot of Scooby snacks, to be sure, but very little of that spending has translated to the world of e-commerce. But combine the seemingly insatiable demand for pet products and services with an online marketplace growing by leaps and bounds, and it’s not surprising that the Internet big dogs are making early strides to mark their...

Posted 12/26/2000Don DavisPost a comment

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QVC.COM AND PETFOODDIRECT.COM LAUNCH NEW CO-BRANDED INTERNET STORE

More Than 2,800 Pet Products Available for Home Delivery at Pets-Center@QVC.com WEST CHESTER and MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa. -- March 26, 2002 -- QVC.com and PetFoodDirect.com today announced the formation of the new co-branded Internet store, Pets-Center@QVC.com. Offering more than 2,800 pet products, Pets-Center@QVC.com is open 24-hours a day, seven days a week via the web at www.pets-center.com or by telephone at 1-888-345-5788. "This is a great...

Posted 03/26/2002