𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝙿𝚎𝚝 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢
Greater isolation, less time outside and the general stress of the pandemic took its toll over the last 2+ years. For many of us, we found comfort in the company of pets.
Indeed, data from Google shows how searches for "
puppies for sale", "
adopt a dog" and "
kittens" all spiked dramatically in March 2020, and stayed elevated for much of 2021, as America searched for its next family pet — to the benefit of the pet industry.
It may not have quite "done a Zoom", but for
Chewy the pandemic was a boom time. The online pet food and pet supply company was already growing quickly, but it found itself on the right side of two trends at the same time: e-commerce and pets.
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