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, transactions and dollar volume for private-label credit cards dropped sharply with the onset of COVID-19, but then experienced recovery in the second half of the year.  Even so, Packaged Facts projects flat to low growth in upcoming years for the private-label card market, with receivables estimated at $142 billion in 2020. Private label credit cards, also called store cards, are the original credit cards. Traditional private label credit cards are good for in-store credit only, as opposed to store credit cards that are co-branded with Visa, Mastercard, or American Express, and therefore ...

Lockdown unleashed a runaway pandemic puppy economy. Is it here to stay? Jeff Harder THE PEOPLE IN OHIO wanted the money at the stroke of midnight. It was June 2020 and Sarah Stuart of Cohasset had already contacted at least 10 dog breeders, from Martha’s Vineyard to Pennsylvania. Some said they might have puppies available in the autumn; some had no puppies, end of story. Finally, Stuart discovered a place outside Akron that reared Welsh terriers, a 20-ish-pound, non-shedding breed with a professorial beard, just like Riley, her beloved, recently deceased wheaten terrier. S...

Idexx Labs reported another strong quarter and provided more details on its new product line.

Share this article ROCKVILLE, Md., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As reported in Packaged Facts' U.S. Pet Market Outlook 2021-2022, all pet and veterinary industry trends—from why and how we get new pets to which pet services we use and where—intertwine with retail channel shopping trends.  And e-commerce is reshaping all retail channel shopping. The Internet is firmly and irrevocably in the lead at 30% of pet product sales, according to Packaged Facts, up from only 8% in 2015. These figures include pure play online operator sales as well as the online sales of traditionally brick-and-mo...

McDonald’s introduction of the "McPlant" product line is further proof that meat alternatives are here to stay. But can they really replace meat in the long run?