Petco Expands Services Offerings

Petco announced a partnership with Sittercity.com today, adding in-home pet sitting services to its lineup. While PetSmart (NASDAQ:PETM) focuses on bringing the customer to the store for daycare and PetsHotels, where they subsequently load up on high-margin tennis balls and the like, Petco is going in the other direction, extending its reach directly into the consumer's home. Here's the press release.


Photo: PR Newswire Photo Service/Sittercity.com

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