PetSmart® Opens New Store in El Centro

Public Invited to Attend Grand Opening Celebration and Ribbon-Cutting
March 12

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PetSmart is pleased to announce the opening of a new store in El Centro,
Calif, located at 2180 N. Imperial Ave. To celebrate, PetSmart is having
a grand opening event Sat., March 12, starting with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony at 9 a.m. Media and pet parents are encouraged to attend and to
bring their four-legged friends to join in the fun!

The first 50 shoppers will receive a mystery gift card (potential value
from $5 up to $50) and all shoppers will receive free giveaways such as
t-shirts, pet treat samples, pet toys and discount coupons.* The store’s
adoption partner, Humane Society of Imperial County, will be onsite with
cats available for adoption.

The new El Centro store features approximately 11,600 square feet of
space, providing pet parents with a broad range of competitively priced
pet food and a comprehensive line of pet products. The new store
includes useful services such as pet training and adoption services, as
well as a full-service grooming salon where dogs and cats receive
hands-on care from academy-trained, safety-certified stylists dedicated
to making pets look and feel their best.**

*All grand opening giveaways available while supplies last.
**Services
are subject to availability. See store for details.

About PetSmart®

PetSmart,
Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions
for the lifetime needs of pets. At PetSmart, we love pets, and we
believe pets make us better people. Every day with every connection,
PetSmart’s passionate associates help bring pet parents closer to their
pets so they can live more fulfilled lives. This mission impacts
everything we do for our customers, the way we support our associates,
and how we give back to our communities. We employ approximately 53,000
associates, operate approximately 1,444 pet stores in the United States,
Canada and Puerto Rico and approximately 202 in-store PetSmart®
PetsHotel® dog and cat boarding facilities. PetSmart provides a
broad range of competitively priced pet food and pet products and offers
dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart
Doggie Day Camp day care services and pet adoption services
in-store. Our portfolio of digital resources for pet parents—including PetSmart.com,
PetFoodDirect.com,
Pet360.com,
OnlyNaturalPet.com
and petMD.com—offers
the most comprehensive online pet supplies and pet care information in
the U.S. Through our in-store pet adoption partnership with independent
nonprofit organizations, PetSmart
Charities™ and PetSmart Charities™ of Canada, PetSmart helps to save
the lives of more than 500,000 homeless pets each year. In addition,
PetSmart supports organizations that make communities a better place to
call home through our philanthropy program, PetSmart
Gives Back™. By giving back to the communities where we live and
work, PetSmart not only celebrates the power of pets to enrich
people’s lives—we live it.

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Contacts

PetSmart Media Line
Melissa Wenzel, 623-587-2177