Loss-prevention experts offer some low-cost, easy ideas on how pet specialty retailers can reduce troublesome shrink rates.

To ensure a joyful yuletide season, pet specialty retailers will need to do a lot of careful planning, yet stay flexible enough to respond to what may still be an unstable economy.

Experts assert honesty, communication and teamwork are keys to getting employees through thorny economic times.

While the current recession poses many challenges to pet specialty retailers, it also presents some clear opportunities.