It was just over five years ago that Conair decided to leverage its experience and expertise in the human grooming market and enter the pet category. Originally founded in 1959 by Lee Rizzuto and his parents, Conair is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of human grooming products.

At Kenchii Shears, the goal is always excellence. What began in 1997 as a private-label business, manufacturing shears for other companies, is today a leading shears brand constantly exploring new frontiers with advanced concepts and futuristic designs.

If you had to describe the Beverly, Mass.-based pet-product manufacturer and distributor PetEdge in one word, “comprehensive” would be a good pick. PetEdge president Andy Katz says the company offers what might be the most extensive–and discerning–product selection in the market. Among the company’s highest priorities is to give groomers access to products that help them do what they do with greater ease, accuracy and control, all while conveying a professional image.

Over the past 25 years, Double K Industries has grown up with the grooming industry. When incorporated in Los Angeles in 1984, the fledgling company focused solely on manufacturing and marketing its Power Clipper cable drive clipper system, various models of which it sold into the grooming, veterinary and the equine markets.  However, it wasn’t long before Double K started to significantly expand its product selection. First the company added its ChallengeAir grooming dryers, and then a line of grooming shampoos.