Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) and Petco Health and Wellness Company (WOOF) are looking at cash in on the explosion of household pet ownership in the U.S., with an expansion of their pilot store-in-store program that offers pet products at home improvement stores. The two retailers plan to expand the concept to nearly 300 Lowe’s locations throughout the United States by the end of 2023.
Focusing on rural communities in the U.S., the partnership was started after the pandemic in an attempt to give pet owners a one-stop shopping option. The concept was piloted in a Lowe’s store in Alamo Ranch, Texas, and was later expanded to other Lowe’s (LOW( locations throughout Texas, North Carolina, and South Carolina at the end of March 2022.
Lowe’s and Petco expand their pet supply partnership
