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Bliss spreads across Lalo’s face as his glossy black hair are blown dry by p
Bliss spreads across Lalo’s face as his glossy black hair are blown dry by p
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2023-07-11
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Bliss spreads across Lalo’s face as his glossy black hair are blown dry by pet stylists. Dogs big and small are beautified for 100 pesos ( $ 7.70) in the back of a van run by Fluffy Shower, a mobile pet-salon that visits Mexico City to apply shampoo and ribbons to upper-class animals.
Pet care is booming in emerging markets, as the growing middle class stops buying dogs for security and starts doting on them. Nowhere has the fashion taken off as quickly as in Latin America. In the past five years spending on pet food and decorations has risen by 44%, to $11 billion, according to Euromonitor, a market-research firm, which estimates that Chile has more pet dogs per person than any other country. Latin pets may be the world’s most fashionable. As Mexico’s rainy season tails off, dogs are stepping out of designer shoes to show off painted claws.
Rising incomes allow Latinos to treat dogs as members of the family. More young people are living alone and putting off marriage, choosing pets for company instead. These "pet parents" indulge their animals as if they were children, says Emily Woon, Euromonitor’s pet-care supremo, who reports that Latin America has been the "star market" of recent years. Latinos are especially fond of dogs, which are costlier than cats, but superior in every respect. Whereas in Europe the dog-and cat-food markets are equal, in Latin America dog food outsells cat food by nearly six to one. There is room for growth. Many Latinos still feed their pets table scraps: three-quarters of Mexican hounds make do with leftover bits of burrito (玉米煎饼). Billboards around Mexico City’s parks urge owners to switch to Pedigree and other brands of delicious packaged pet food.
Glitzy (耀眼的) pet superstores, which account for more than a fifth of pet-product sales in America and Canada, barely exist south of the Rio Grande. The most popular outlets are still small, independent pet shops, which retain customers by offering credit. But the superstores will come. And when Latin animal-lovers can buy a full range of food, toys and veterinary services in one place, life could become even more luxurious for Mexico’s privileged pets. [br] What does the author think of the pet stores in Latin America?
选项
A、They are almost equal in numbers to those in America.
B、They won’t grow into superstores as the market shrinks.
C、They tend to offer special prices to appeal to customers.
D、They remain to be private and small-scale shops.
答案
D
解析
细节辨认题。第二段中south of the Rio Grande“格兰德河以南”指拉美地区,通过全文脉络也能推断本段是在讲拉美国家宠物商店的发展情况。定位句描述了拉美国家宠物食品经销店的现状:仍然是私营的小规模宠物商店,这些宠物商店通过提供赊购来留住顾客。由此可见,D)“它们仍然是私营的小规模商店”为正确答案。
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