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Various public companies are accomplishing the two-fold mission of improving the health of our four-footed friends while giving investors the opportunity to capitalize on a multibillion-dollar industry. India Globalization (NYSE:IGC), VCA, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOOF), PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS), Blue Buffalo (NASDAQ:BUFF) and IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX) are just some of the companies blazing lucrative trails in the pet health market.

(NetworkNewsWire) Long insular and export focused, the Chinese economy has rapidly become more consumer driven in order to achieve and maintain the country's targeted 6.5 to 7 percent annual growth rate. Increased global competition in low cost manufacturing and an ever-expanding working class have propelled China's economic shift to the consumer.

(NetworkNewsWire) Humans are a wasteful bunch, and our habits in the business world are no different. While a minimal amount of waste in the workplace is recycled, Texas-based Quest Resource Holdings (NASDAQ:QRHC) believes the nation's corporations can do a lot better.

(NetworkNewsWire) Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE) is already working on both its funding needs and the performance of its Mobile Solutions Segment, as cited by SeeThruEquity's updated report of April 12, 2017 (http://nnw.fm/w1vK5). In the report, the equity research firm maintained its price target on NETE stock of $2.45 per share.

(NetworkNewsWire) Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOXC) is committed to growth in China's online-to-offline (O2O) retail market, which is predicted by the Chinese to reach $48 billion in 1H17. Social media, an important part of Moxian's marketing strategy, is playing a growing role in generating e-commerce apparel and dining revenues, research shows.

(NetworkNewsWire) Technology now allows consumers to make instant purchases, even if they don't have cash or cards on hand. Net Element (NASDAQ:NETE), a specialist in mobile payment technology, is seeing cashless transactions increase nationwide and globally.

(NetworkNewsWire) Serving the massive online-to-offline (O2O) market in China with a popular app for businesses and consumers, Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOXC) announced that adoption of its platform is accelerating in both Android and iPhone segments.

(NetworkNewsWire) Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOXC), on March 17, 2017, filed a form S-3 with the SEC, using a 'shelf' registration process, for its securities, with an aggregate initial offering price of up to $50 million. These future offerings could be made from time to time, in one or more offerings.

(NetworkNewsWire) Net Element (NASDAQ:NETE) management believes that cash transactions are becoming progressively obsolete. The company is in the digital transaction business, with its North American transactions revenue growing to $42.1 million in calendar 2016, up 54% from 2015. Interestingly, for consumer transactions, where restaurants and educational services dominated in 2015, health and beauty was the fastest growing segment last year — accounting for almost 20% of that total business.

(NetworkNewsWire) Fast-developing consumerism in China is giving us a glimpse as to what is working and what could shape our future commerce habits worldwide. Currently, the mobile and social revolutions are taking over the commerce world, a process that is expected to accelerate.