By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Schwartz didn't ask for an oil painting of her cat. But she loves the portrait of Stinky that hangs in her upstate New York home, a surprise gift from an unlikely place: an online pet store. It's one of the more than 1,000 free paintings that Chewy sends to select customers each week — even during the pandemic — tapping into people's obsession with their fur children and, it hopes, winning customers for life. In the cutthroat world of online shopping, that personal touch and a bit of kitsch […]
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