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	<title>The Dog Marketing Blog &#187; dog supplies</title>
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		<title>Fetching Tags Custom Dog Tags</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2010/02/28/fetching-tags-custom-dog-tags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit being a sucker for marketing featuring photos of Bull Terriers! I found  Fetching Tags through their social media outreach on Twitter. The company sells premium custom dog tags, made of brushed aluminum. While lacking a bit in the amount of information they contain compared to other, more practical tags like those from Boomerang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pet retailers FSI activity up in 2009</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2010/01/14/pet-retailers-fsi-activity-up-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marx Promotion Intelligence reported that overall Free Standing Insert (FSI) activity rose by 8% in 2009 to more than 272 billion coupons dropped. Pet retailers and pet products were important contributors to this increase. PetSmart rose from 4th in 2008 to 2nd in 2009 in terms of overall FSI pages; Target continues as the #1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RFID pet tracker Snif Labs discontinued</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/12/28/rfid-pet-tracker-snif-labs-discontinued/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/12/28/rfid-pet-tracker-snif-labs-discontinued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dog supplies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs in social media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MIT]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Snif Tag collar based RFID tracking system for pets was dropped as company founders re-purpose the technology into a product that tracks hand washing by health care workers.   The product, which originated in the MIT Media Lab&#8217;s Physical Language Workshop, launched in late 2005 and was profiled in high profile media including Wired and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Costumes for Dogs</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/09/02/halloween-for-dogs-costume-report/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/09/02/halloween-for-dogs-costume-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pet Style News reports on pet clothing and encourages pet retailers to prepare for Halloween by stocking pet costumes.  Some pet owners like to dress their pets all year around while others will purchase pet clothing only for Halloween.  Shop owners interviewed for the article note that dressing pets is increasing in popularity and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bedhead line extension: Pethead</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/08/25/bedhead-line-extension-pethead/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/08/25/bedhead-line-extension-pethead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dog grooming]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across an article discussing Pethead grooming products in Pet Product News International magazine. Pethead is licensed to Skaffles LLC by Bedhead, which is an edgy brand of human hair products which features packaging with unusual shapes, colors and fonts.  This is the first time I&#8217;ve seen any human hair care or personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petco is all over Social Media</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/08/19/petco-is-all-over-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/08/19/petco-is-all-over-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An article from the San Diego Union Tribune talks about the social media strategies of two area businesses, one of which is Petco.   Petco learned that employees were talking about the company on both Facebook and Twitter and decided to leverage those tools for the brand.  On Facebook, Petco has both a fan page and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Packaged Facts Pet Care Services Report</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/07/09/packaged-facts-pet-care-services-report/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/07/09/packaged-facts-pet-care-services-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dog grooming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog health care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Packaged Facts recently released the 3rd edition of its Pet Care Services in the US report. I haven&#8217;t seen any online summaries of the report yet, but I could glean a few insights from the table of contents available online.  Total expenditures on pet care services in 2008 reached $23 Billion, hitting a 10 year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog business franchises</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/07/07/dog-business-franchises/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/07/07/dog-business-franchises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dog food]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via a referral from the Pet Biz Helper on Twitter, I discovered an article on the Small Business Trends site regarding pet-related franchises.  The article quoted statistics from the American Pet Products Association regarding the strength and growth of the pet industry and then listed a number of &#8220;young&#8221; pet franchises. Most were in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primo Pads crate pads</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/07/07/primo-pads-crate-pads/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/07/07/primo-pads-crate-pads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dog shows]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Primo Pads was a vendor at the Ann Arbor Kennel Club shows July 4th weekend, so I stopped by to purchase a pad for one of my dogs and exchange one that had been chewed.  I decided to ask the business owner, Gary Berding, how he got into the business of making these durable, high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pets in America book review</title>
		<link>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/06/10/pets-in-america-book-review/</link>
		<comments>http://cleoparker.com/dogmarketing/2009/06/10/pets-in-america-book-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cleo Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dog science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog supplies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog themed merchandise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading Pets in America by historian Katherine C. Grier, published in hard cover in 2006 and paperback in 2007.  Although I found it a bit dry in places, overall it is a fascinating account of the subject. The book includes a tremendous amount of information about the marketing of pets, pet products, [...]]]></description>
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