“A line of about a dozen people cradling mostly purebreds stretched out the door of Luis Chow Chow” Luis Chow Chow is a shop providing full-service breeding and grooming for dogs. The owners said they can run service 40 to 59 animals per day. The good thing of this phenomenon is creating job opportunities. It is a new way to help Cuba’s economy grow. There are some other complementary goods such as meets. Having a dog will increase a Cuban output.
There is one issue. Cubans are preferred purebred dogs instead street …show more content…
We learnt several non-Price determinations of demand. In this particular case, the determinants changed the demand of dogs in Cuba are consumers’ incomes, tastes, expectations and size of the markets. Let me explain clearly. First, the article mentions that there is a growing number of upper-middle class. This indirectly shows the consumers’ incoming are growing. And secondly, tastes. The article mentioned that consumers prefer purebred dogs. They consider it is a symbol of wealth and class. And Cubans realized the worth of dogs. The determinant of price expectation is little bit different in this case. Cubans expect the dog price will increase in the future, so they want to have purebred dogs now for future earning by selling their babies. And the increase of dog demand lends the “other related goods” dog care demand increase