Pets Don’t Get Inflation, but They Are Feeling Its Effects

With the cost of pet food up 15% year-over-year and pets and pet products up 12%, according to the

January consumer-price index, owners are making changes. Pet toy purchases are down 16% year-over-year as of February, according to a Jefferies Group analysis of NielsenIQ data, and sales of pet housing are down 21%. 

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