In 2021, we worked with Donghua University to launch a program aimed at grooming young designers.

2021年，我们与东华大学合作，启动了一个旨在培养年轻设计师的项目。

According to the 2021 China Pet Industry White Paper, pet sector consumption has seen rapid growth in the areas of pet grooming and bathing services, training, pet amusement stores and pet photography.

根据《2021中国宠物行业白皮书》，宠物行业消费在宠物美容和沐浴服务、培训、宠物娱乐店和宠物摄影等领域快速增长。

During China's upcoming first Retail Pet Store Industry Summit, Royal Canin will introduce a plan to build more professional, standardized and individualized pet services among pet grooming, bathing chain stores and independent businesses.

在即将到来的中国首届零售宠物店行业峰会上，皇家犬业将推出一项计划，在宠物美容、洗浴连锁店和独立企业中建立更专业、标准化和个性化的宠物服务。

""For families with pets, attention must also be paid to the grooming and cleaning of pet hair, where mites and their excreta also hide," she said.

她说：“对于有宠物的家庭来说，还必须注意宠物毛发的梳理和清洁，因为螨虫及其排泄物也藏在那里。”。

Founded in 1908, the company has developed close to 10,000 products in the cooking, grooming, beauty care, and medical fields.

Tang added that there is a growing need for pet beauty services like grooming and paw care along with healthcare services, which cannot be completed online, and Boqii plans to tap this trend.

The MCN model refers to an agency aggregating and grooming key opinion leaders or KOLs and connecting them with brands.

The theory has helped groom and revitalize a number of Chinese companies.

Buoyed by the strong economic prospects in China, German science and technology firm Merck Group is planning to set up a slew of innovation hubs and acceleration projects for grooming startups in China, a top company official said.

Apart from financial injection, Merck is also planning to provide training during the three-month incubation period and looking to offer industry cooperation opportunities and next-phase of grooming in the future, said Sun Zhengjie, managing director of Merck Innovation Hub China.

Wipro Consumer Care, the personal care products unit of Indian conglomerate Wipro Ltd, is planning to be the second-largest player in South China by taking a bigger slice of the market from rivals Procter& Gamble Co and Unilever Plc, fueled by growth across all categories and a notable growth in the men's grooming segment.

"Our skin care brand, Bio-essence, was the first to launch a skin care range with the well-regarded Bird's Nest ingredient and our male grooming brand, Romano, was among the first to launch silicone free formulation in shampoo for men," he said.

Arya forecast men's grooming, which accounts for roughly 15 percent of the company's overall China sales, to register a 1.5 times faster growth rate in the coming years than shower, skin care, and home care products.

He pointed to a change in demographics when the younger population are willing to spend far more time and money on personal grooming to look good.

Consultancy Euromonitor International had estimated the total market for male grooming consumables in China would reach 14.2 billion yuan in 2018.

Jason Yu, general manager of China for Kantar Worldpanel, said higher incomes and a greater interest in health and well-being are pushing the growth in sales of men's grooming products.

Oral healthcare, sleep aids, male grooming products, and even kitchen appliances will likely see a spike in sales, he said.

We are privileged to be able to attract these top talents and provide them with interesting and challenging work, global top-tier training and a healthy working environment, and help groom them into world-class business leaders.

Tencent Holdings announced on Wednesday a 10 billion yuan ($15.1 billion) investment plan to form a content alliance, pledging to groom content creators through cash distribution, project investments, copyright purchases and intellectual property incubations.

From custom-made habitats and specialized enclosures to exotic foods and grooming products, businesses can tap into this niche market and offer a wide range of products that cater to the specific needs of these conventional pets, Zhang added.

- Li Guanglin treats his pet dog, a Golden Retriever, to high-end food, snacks and toys, and takes it to a pet beauty shop for bathing and grooming, giving it the same care and attention he would lavish on a child.

Not only has the sector of processing and marketing pet food developed rapidly, but other pet-related industries such as pet care, grooming, training and insurance, are also thriving.

"Therefore, income from pet boarding can be regarded as a supplement to the pet store's main revenue streams, which are pet food, medicine, clothing, toys, other goods, accessories and grooming services," Bai said.

Hong Yong, an associate research fellow at the e-commerce research department of the Ministry of Commerce, said: "Apart from pet boarding, they can offer services like pet grooming and selling pet food.

In four days, the accumulated number of viewers to the livestreaming wedding of groom Liu Wenchao and bride Sun Hanxiao reached 3 million, ranking as the top-visited video on Bilibili.

Luckily enough, she and the groom happen to be from the same region and share the same family name.

Such scenes have become increasingly typical in pet shops across China, where consumers are willing to spend decent money on pet-related services, including pet grooming, hygienic care and even something akin to makeovers.

"In recent years, with rises in China's per capita disposable income and consumption upgrades, the country's pet grooming market has become a relatively mature and robust derivative sector.

Among pet-related consumption, pet food expenses waned while downstream segments like grooming ratcheted up.

"With grooming costing 300 yuan per visit, just a few times a year, it is affordable.

"The price of grooming varies among different breeds, but as long as we take pets as our family members, we will not hesitate to clean and pamper them if they have such a need," said Nan, Zongzi's owner.

The 30-something engineer said that the pet grooming industry is serving not only pets but also their human "parents", for they are the deciders of the services rendered.

As the industry grows, owners can now enjoy one-stop services such as healthcare, grooming and shopping at pet hospitals or shops.

The white paper also pointed out that in 2021, people's preferences for grooming pets at animal hospitals and pet stores rose while home grooming fell to 19.7 percent.

"Qiang Lin, a medical practitioner that has been in the industry for over 20 years, said: "With such ties tightening, the grooming market seems to embrace more opportunities.

As a noncore sector, grooming services and facilities are accepted and more welcomed by pet owners.

"Undoubtedly, the pet grooming sector in China is quite promising, as public attitudes toward raising pets are becoming more open and accepting.

"Pet owners will spend more on products and services such as pet food, healthcare services and pet grooming," Guo said.

Pan Helin, executive director of the Digital Economy Academy of the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Hubei province, said the emerging pet economy will offer increased business opportunities for various sectors such as pet grooming, pet hospital, smart pet products and pet hotels.

Luban Workshops overseas groom young workers for digitalized worldWisit Saenklue, 27, a Thai technology supervisor at Shandong Linglong Tire Co Ltd's Thailand manufacturing center, recently sent a congratulatory video to Tianjin Bohai Vocational Technological College to express his gratitude to the Luban Workshop on the fifth anniversary of the workshop program's opening.

Domestic enterprises have mastered the core technologies behind the industrial designs of snow grooming machines, as China used to import most of such equipment.

Growth has been bolstered by the tech-savvy younger generation's preference for buying high-end, imported pet food and other products such as grooming and medical care products and services through e-commerce platforms.

China's pet industry has seen explosive growth,xa0and online channels are playing a vital role in pet consumption, with high-end imported pet food and daily necessities, as well as grooming, and medical care products and services favored by a tech-savvy generation, a report said.

Services related to pets also are on the rise, such as grooming and medical care, JD said.

There are two prevailing models for brands to conduct livestreaming: working with influencers (or better known as KOLs in China's internet lingo), and grooming indigenous hosts, Zhao from Taobao Live noted.

In the United States and some Western countries that emphasize the "first look" (the moment the bride and the groom see each other for the first time in their wedding dress and suits on the wedding day, a few hours before the ceremony), specialist photographers command a premium for their services.

""Of pet owners, 82 percent have spent money on vaccines, 63 percent on deworming, 58 percent on grooming and beauty," he said.

An electric scalp massager retails for about 120 yuan, and a FURminator (cat grooming comb) for over 100 yuan, with a freebie thrown in, in the form of a comb for the cat owner!

A rising number of pet boarding service centers offer rooms with beds and slides, a playground with toys, and beauty services including grooming and showering－almost all that you can imagine.

He has healing powers and offers me good company in this new city 1,200 kilometers away from home," Huang said, while grooming her cat.

Recent purchases for their beloved shiba inu include a foldable pet bed, dog clothes, smart pet feeders, and tailored grooming services.

For its part, Tottenham, a premier English club, will bring its experience and expertise in spotting and grooming young soccer talent, and will contribute its coaches to training sessions.

Xiao said in addition to cat food, raising her pet has other expenses like grooming, vaccines, and medical treatment.

"Surti revealed that Aja has already been used to promote NBAbranded grooming products that are distributed and sold by WML.

Also in the pipeline is the booming pet service sector, from food to grooming and medical care.

Betrothal gifts, also known as bride price, are a traditional marriage custom in which the groom's family offers the bride's family an amount of money as a symbol of respect.