About 16 hamsters raced their hamster balls at PETCO, 5650 S. 56th St., with their beady little eyes fixed on the prize. The store gave awards to the top three competitors.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Petco is thinking small with its next big move, and taking ...

It's not often you get your pet from an electric company, but that was the case for an 8-year-old girl in Washington, D.C. I’m Serenity. I’m 8 years old. I live in Washington D.C. I’m going to 2nd ...

Petco, one of the biggest pet retailers in the country, severed its relationship with a Pennsylvania small-animal dealer amid a federal investigation into conditions at the facility where it keeps ...

A little girl in D.C. thought she was writing the pet supply store Petco a letter asking for a hamster. She accidentally sent her request to Pepco, the D.C. utility company -- but Pepco gave her a ...

Animal races - huh, passers-by said. No, they were told. There are hamsters in plastic balls. About 25 area residents and their hamsters signed up for the Hamster Ball Derby on Saturday at Fargo's ...

Using hamster balls as their vehicles, hamsters will race down an eight-foot track in heats of four. Following the derby, gerbils, mice, rats, chinchillas and guinea pigs will participate in the ...