Walmart is opening up dozens more veterinary clinics in its stores and launching its first online pet pharmacy, hoping to lure more U.S. pet owners who are spending billions of dollars on their dogs and cats each year.
Walmart aims to have 100 veterinary clinics open in its stores within the next 12 months, growing from the 21 it has today.Spending on pets in the U.S. is estimated to exceed $75.3 billion this year.Walmart
Walmart also will launch an online pet pharmacy, WalmartPetRX.com, rivaling PetSmart's e-commerce business, Chewy.com, which also has an online pharmacy unit. Walmart said its website will offer low-cost prescriptions for dogs, cats, horses and livestock, from more than 300 brands. In 2018, pet parents spent the most on food, APPA said, or $30.32 billion. Another $18.11 billion was spent on vet care; $16.01 billion on supplies and over-the-counter medicines; $2.01 billion on purchasing the pets themselves; and $6.11 billion went toward "other services," according to the trade group.
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