Random Question is petsmart Pet-smart or Pets-Mart

[mike7587]

just curious...

 

[Lupin]

I'd bet on the latter.

 

[RadleyMiller]

I'd bet on the latter.

Wrong!

For the first 15 years or so of our existance, we were Pet's Mart. Now that we have lots and lots of trainings and manuals to do just to work in the store, we are now Pet Smart

 

[Bud8Fan]

I wish the people at our local Petsmart would do some of that training.

 

[Bud8Fan]

Actually it looks like it's both.

Look at the Logo.

There is an apostophre between the T and the S to say Pet's Mart but the coloring says Pet Smart.

 

[missyme06]

it is supposed to be cleaver and go both ways.

 

[altimaser]

My friends and I have debated that alot. I always thought it was meant to go both ways.

 

[Oddball]

It's neither. According to the company business overview and investor's site pages, it's PetSmart in one word. The 'S' is capitolized so, you might infer a word separation of Pet and Smart.

And, like missyme06 pointed out, it can go any way you want it to. PetSmart's ad agency doesn't need to define the name. They just need to get people to think about it.

 

[RadleyMiller]

Actually it looks like it's both.

Look at the Logo.

There is an apostophre between the T and the S to say Pet's Mart but the coloring says Pet Smart.

we changed that a few years ago, look at old store signs vs newer store signs

It is meant to make you think, but it is meant to have it be viewed as pet-smart

 

[T]

that has been very tricky to me. for a lil i thought there was another company trying to impersonate petsmart