Over the past six months, the number of specialty pet stores in St. Petersburg has grown significantly. 12 stores of the ZooOptTorg chain were launched, 5 retail outlets of the national Four Paws chain began to operate, Petshop retailer opened 12 stores in total in St. Petersburg and suburbs. VAKA and Smile Pet chains opened one store each. Most of these retailers are omnichannel and deliver to customers, while Bethowen, ZooOptTorg and Four Paws offer express 1-hour-delivery.
