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Thc following shows the type of specialty channels and the estimate of the number of stores in the different types of specialty channels
through which pet foods were sold as of the end of 2014:
Specially Channels: A Large and Diverse Pet Food Retail Landscape
National Pet Superstores
PotSmart nas approximately
1.300 U.S stores and Petco
approximately 1.385 U S stores
*Commerce Retailers
Examples irxiude Amazon.
Chewy and POtflow es well as
PetSrrian and Peron Regional Chains and
Neighborhood Pet Stem
Approxisnatety 10.000 units
ranging from regsonal chants with
ewer 100 units eel Supplies Plus,
Pat Supermarket. Pet Vale and
Petsense) to nekintromoon stores Farm and Feed Stores
Approximato€y 10.00G units
including Trade Supply
Company . Mid-SEAle‘ and new
regional chains and independents
Other Specialty Veterinary Clinks
Includes miktary outlets. hardvnue Approximately 25.030 units
sexes and other pet rimed
establishments such as poi
groomers. hotels and (*cares
We estimate that Tracked Channels rep's-sent 86% of the total U.S. pet food market. Untracked Channels include FDM retailers that do
not participate in Nielsen tracking (e.g.. Costco and Whole Foods), farm and feed stores, eCommerce retailers, hardware stores and military outlets.
We believe that Untracked Channels are growing faster than Tracked Channels and shifting some volume out of the Tracked Channels. We
participate in Untracked Channels as well (outside of the FDM channel), where BLUE is growing rapidly.
Published estimates of the size of the eCommerce sales of pet foods in the United States vary significantly as it is an Untracked Channel.
We estimate that in 2014 the eCommerce channel represented approximately r% of pet food sales in the United States, which includes sales
through stand-alone eCommerce retailers. as well as websites of brick-and-mortar retailers. We believe the eCommerce channel is growing rapidly
with year-over-year growth rates in the teens as commas increasingly shop for CPU online and as more eCommerce retailers offer free shipping
on pet foods.
The following chart shows pet food retail sales in the United States in 2014 for both Tracked and Untracked Channels.
Pet Food Retail Sales by Channel
United States. Tracked and Untracked Channels 2014
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