Pet Retailer Receives International Award

Aug. 19, 2008 - PRLog -- Pet Product News International® Honors
Canine Creek Pet Wash & Boutique with a Retailer of the Year Runner-Up Award

Irvine, Calif. – In its annual contest to find the best pet industry retailer, Pet Product News International, the leading monthly trade newsmagazine covering the issues and trends affecting all sectors of the professional pet industry, announced that Canine Creek Pet Wash & Boutique received one of the runner-up awards in its 2008-2009 Retailer of the Year contest.

Pet Product News International will profile the retailer in the December issue of the magazine. Runners-up are granted a seat to serve on the Pet Product News International Retail Advisory Board as part of the honor.

Canine Creek Pet Wash & Boutique is located in Tehachapi, Calif., and its owner, Susie Atherton, held the top honor of Retailer of the Year in 2006. Atherton continues to improve her pet wash and boutique business and stay involved in many community and pet-related activities. Atherton relocated her store and doubled the space to almost 3,000 square feet. She continues to manage Pet Industry Retailers, a 400+ member peer-networking group, founded a nonprofit pet rescue group, petitioned to build an animal shelter in her community and is working with the city to develop its first off-leash dog park. The editors of Pet Product News International are proud of Atherton and the work she does with her business, the pet industry and her community.

The Retailer of the Year Awards were created 12 years ago to recognize retail excellence in the pet industry. Candidates are initially selected from surveys distributed to retailers via the magazine and BowTie Inc.’s Retailer Sales force. Retailers are then reviewed and evaluated by a panel of Pet Product News International staff members on such criteria as employee training practices, promotion of companion animals and pet adoptions, involvement with professional and service organizations, innovative promotion, effective strategies in the marketplace, community impact and industry impact. This year there were almost 200 applicants for the award.

The Retailer of the Year contest is sponsored this year by World Wide Pet Industry Assn., the oldest pet industry trade association and sponsor of the annual SuperZoo trade show in Las Vegas.

About Pet Product News International
Pet Product News International (PetProductNews.com) is the leading business newsmagazine covering the issues and trends affecting all sectors of the professional pet industry, including—but not limited to—retailers, manufacturers, distributors and trade associations. Pet Product News International is published BowTie Inc., the industry leader in consumer pet and veterinary trade publishing. You can find BowTie Inc. and its magazines on the web at AnimalNetwork.com.

Contact:   Carol Boker, Editor in Chief
Pet Product News International
213.219.1734

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Specialty dog and cat retail store and self serve pet wash located in Tehachapi, California off Highway 58 in Kern County.