I am allergic to both cats and dogs, but cats more severely. I would not be able to shop in a store or purchase fabric from any, that had a resident cat. It's too bad for those shop owners who allow their pets to accompany them to work and thus send some of their customers away. People who don't have allergies, don't seem to understand how miserable an allergic reaction can be. I can possibly manage to be in the same house/shop with a cat for maximum of an hour, but by then I'm sneezing and totally clogged up and miserable. It then takes me several hours to get back to normal. If I knew a cat was at a shop, I just wouldn't even go there at all. They'd miss out on any of my business for sure.