PetSmart, Inc. history, profile and history video

 PetSmart, Inc. provides products, services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. It provides a broad range of competitively priced pet food and pet products. PetSmart offers dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart Doggie Day Camp SM day care services and pet adoption services. It offers a broad selection of products for all the life stages of pets, as well as various pet services. It also offers pet products through an e-commerce site. PetSmart provides boarding for dogs and cats, which includes 24-hour supervision by caregivers who are PetSmart trained to provide personalized pet care, an on-call veterinarian, temperature controlled rooms and suites, daily specialty treats and play time, as well as day camp for dogs. The company was founded by Jim Dougherty and Janice Dougherty on August 11, 1986 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.“

“Petsmart History

1986-87

Our founders, Jim and Janice Dougherty, incorporate their pet superstore concept as Pacific Coast Distributing, Inc. in 1986. Our first two stores, originally called PetFood Warehouse, open in Arizona in 1987.

1988

Committed to helping save lives, all seven stores work with local animal welfare groups to hold fundraising and pet adoption events.

1989

We change our store name from PetFood Warehouse to PETsMART® and open our first full-service grooming salon as well as bird, fish and small pet departments.

1992

We open our 50th store as well as our first permanent in-store adoption center and veterinarian clinic.

1993

We go public on the stock market (NASDAQ: PETM).

1994

We open our 100th store and begin offering in-store pet training.

PETsMART Charities, Inc. forms as an independent, nonprofit organization and we partner with them to help save the lives of homeless pets.

1996

We open our first eight stores in Canada.

1998

We open our 500th store.

2000

We introduce our vision statement: To provide Total Lifetime Care SM for every pet, every parent, every time—which we do by offering superior products, unmatched services and superb customer service to pet parents and their pets.

2002

We start testing PETsMART PETsHOTELs® in two of our Phoenix stores.

2004

We launch PETsMART® PetPerks®, our customer loyalty program, to provide pet parents with better communications and valuable offers.

2005

We move away from the “mart” mentality and focus on our “smart” solutions—we become PetSmart.

2007

We open our 1,000th store.

2008

We open our 100th PetSmart PetsHotel®.

2010

We partner with GNC and Martha Stewart to launch the first of many exclusive brands—GNC Pets TM and Martha Stewart Pets TM.

2011

We open stores in Puerto Rico and end the year with more than 50,000 associates.

PetSmart Charities introduces Enhanced Adoption Centers inside ten PetSmart stores. These full-scale centers are open daily, house dogs and cats, and are run by a local animal-welfare organization.

2012

We celebrate our 25th anniversary and our five-millionth pet adoption through our partnership with PetSmart Charities.

We extend our exclusive brands to include The Bret Michaels Pets Rock TM collection and Toys “R” Us Pets.”

*Information from Forbes.com and Petsmart.com

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