If you bought a puppy during the first lockdown, you wouldn’t have been alone (Miles Costello writes). Many animal lovers saw the dramatic change in lifestyle brought about by working from home as the ideal moment to take on that long-desired pet.
The resulting higher demand for food, toys and treats, particularly online, came as a big boost to Pets at Home, the FTSE 250 retailer that has traded well through the pandemic. Unsurprisingly, new and existing customers stockpiled goods for their pooches as well as themselves.
As we go into the latest national lockdown, the retailer is again classified as an essential service and can trade as normal, albeit with social distancing and other protocols in place at its stores and grooming salons.
