Scottsdale-Based Petsense Wins the 2010 Cardinal Crystal Award for Retail Grooming Salon of the Year with More than 5 Salons at SuperZoo 2011

AZUSA, Calif. – National pet retailer Petsense has been awarded the 2010 Cardinal Crystal Award for Retail Grooming Salon of the Year with More than 5 Salons, presented in a ceremony September 13, 2001 at the SuperZoo 2011 pet retailer trade show at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The Cardinal Crystal Awards, which are sponsored by pet product manufacturer Cardinal Pet Care, are like the Oscars of the pet world, honoring the year’s best and most creative dog groomers in the country.

The award for Retail Grooming Salon with More than 5 Salons is awarded to the retail grooming salon that maintains the highest standards of professionalism and customer service.  The winning grooming salon will have proven to be a positive reflection on the dog grooming industry by engaging in activities that promote awareness and appreciation for grooming services among the pet owning public.  Petsense has shown that it best exemplifies these criteria, through its interactions with customers and dogs, as well as its high grooming standards and exceptional knowledge and skill among its groomers.

”It is a privilege and honor to receive the prestigious Cardinal Crystal Award on behalf of our grooming associates nationwide,” said Bob Angstead, Director, President & CEO of Petsense.   “We very much value the relationship we have with our customers and their pets.  Thank you!”

This is the first year for the Retail Grooming Salon of the Year award, which is split into two categories – More than 5 Salons, and Fewer than 5 Salons.  Also new to this year’s Cardinal Crystal Awards is the Mobile Groomer of the Year award.

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Petsense was founded by Jim Daugherty, filling a void for pet lovers who live in rural areas and providing products and services not available at other retailers.  Today, the growing company has 44 stores in 14 states, and 40 of those locations have grooming salons.

Cardinal Pet Care president Tony de Vos and Shirlee Kalstone, then owner of the International Intergroom trade show for competitive grooming, founded the Cardinal Crystal Awards in 1988 for the purpose of establishing standards of grooming excellence and recognizing professional skills in the competitive grooming industry.  Since the beginning, the Cardinal Crystal Awards have been considered one of the highest honors in the dog grooming industry, annually presenting awards for outstanding achievement in different categories.  Cardinal Pet Care is the official sponsor of the Cardinal Crystal Awards and MacFadden Communications, publisher of Pet Business and Grooming Business magazines, has been licensed by Cardinal to market and promote the Cardinal Crystal Awards.

Cardinal Pet Care is a solar powered company devoted to pets, people and the planet.  In addition to providing pets with the highest quality products, Cardinal is dedicated to the environmental directive of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle whenever possible. Demonstrating its commitment to the environment, Cardinal has a solar-powered home office, warehouse and manufacturing facility in Azusa, CA. Cardinal is also proud to be the first company in its industry to use an eco-friendly compostable dog food bag made with Earth First PLA film.

For more information, visit the Cardinal Pet Care website at www.cardinalpet.com or call 1-800-433-7387.   More information is also available on the Cardinal Crystal Awards Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/cardinalcrystalawards.

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