Pet services are booming too. Speciality retailers already boost sales by offering grooming and boarding.

一些专业的零售商已经通过推出宠物美容和寄宿服务来提高销售额。

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Mr Dillon expects to see "human" retailers such as Wal-Mart branching into pet services over the next couple of years.

狄龙先生预计，在未来几年内，像沃尔玛这样的“人类”零售商会把服务延伸到宠物领域。

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If you were to sit down and make a list of all the pet services available to pet owners, it would take you an eternity.

如果你坐下来，并列出了所有的宠物服务的宠物主人，它将采取您永恒。

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But he says pet owners are spending their money on other things like medical services.

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One section of this spending has drawn a lot of attention from the franchise industry pet services.

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Judging from the growth in upscale pet services, plenty of owners are still lavishing every comfort on their four-footed or feathered friends.

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Look up "puppies" on Google and you'll see text ads for kennel clubs and pet-adoption services.

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