Market Outlook 14 minutes PremiumGlobal Pet E-Commerce: A Dynamic Channel In a Growing Market Coresight Research May 25, 2016 Executive Summary Spending on pets is growing globally as more people consider pets a part of their family. Global pet food sales grew by 4% in 2015, to $70 billion. More of that spending is happening online. Globally, an estimated 5.3% of total pet care sales were online in 2015, up from 4.4% in 2014. The American Pet Products Association reports that Americans spent over $60 billion on their pets in 2015, up 3.9% from the previous year. We estimate around 7% of US pet care sales were made online in 2015, up from 6.4% in 2014. Chinese pet owners have flocked to the Internet to purchase pet food: the Internet captured an estimated 38% of total pet food sales in the country in 2015. In the US, e-tailers Chewy.com and Amazon dominate the US pet food e-commerce market, and are far ahead of specialist pet retailers PetSmart and Petco. This report is for paying subscribers only. Already a paying subscriber? Please log in to see the entire report.If you wish to learn more about our subscription plans and become a paying subscriber, click here. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2023, Week 39: UK Closures Up 39%Weinswig’s Weekly: The Singles’ Day Trifecta—Discounting, Livestreaming and AIHong Kong Web3 Festival: Generative AI, Standardization and Hong Kong’s Ambition To Fuel Web3 DevelopmentUS Grocery Retailing—Exploring Growth, Inflation, Competition, Trends and Strategies: Highlights from the Market Navigator