Ausgabe 03 - petworldwide

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Farewell thoughts

“Stop when it’s at its most beautiful” is an old saying. I will take this advice and retire on 1 August, as already announced. I can look back on over 30 years during which I have had the opportunity to describe, …

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Pet Products Association (APPA)

Millennials and Gen Z are market drivers

The US pet market will grow from 147 bn dollars to 152 bn dollars by 2024. This was announced by the American Pet Products Association …

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Assalco Report

Dynamic growth market

In 2024, 65 mio pets were living in Italy, and sales of dog and cat food increased by 13.4 per cent. These are two of the key findings of the latest Assalco …

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UK Pet Food

High-quality feed is in demand

Over 60 per cent of households in the UK, or more than 17.2 mio households, have at least one pet. The dog food market is the largest in the pet food…

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Canadian pet food

Growth despite tariff dispute

The Canadian pet food market is poised for growth this year despite trade tensions with its neighbour, the United States. One driver of the …

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Fressnapf | Maxi Zoo

Fressnapf | Maxi Zoo remains crisis-proof

Europe’s leading specialty retail chain for pet products, Fressnapf | Maxi Zoo, increased its net sales by 5 per cent to 3.577 bn …

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New CEO and CFO

New CEO and CFO for Fressnapf | Maxi Zoo

Europe’s leading pet food and accessories retailer, Fressnapf | Maxi Zoo, announced key changes to its leadership team and management …

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Tiendanimal

Expansion in Spain

Tiendanimal, the pet product specialist, has reached a new milestone by opening two stores simultaneously. The company now has 100 stores in Spain.

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Pets at Home

“We are well equipped for the future”

Leading UK pet retailer Pets at Home has announced its preliminary results for the 2025 financial year ended March 27.

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Zoo Royal

Ready for brick-and-mortar rollout

The retail group Rewe plans to gradually roll out its brick-and-mortar Zoo Royal stores in Germany starting next year.

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Jollyes

Cool accents across the range

Jollyes is focusing on frozen products instead of live pets –in over 100 stores across the UK. It’s a shake-up with a difference.

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Zoomark 2025

Impressive growth

From smart pet tech to sustainable design: Zoomark 2025 showed in ten halls how diverse, innovative and global the pet industry is today.

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Vafo Group

Double the revenue

At Zoomark, Vafo Group presented a wide range of innovative products, and CEO Jakub Majer shared some exciting strategic developments.

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analysis

Very positive momentum

Cats are among the most popular pets in the world and the market for cat food and accessories is growing dynamically – and will continue to do so.

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PetCo

Natural premium cat food

With its premium brands Wow Cat and Cat‘s Love, the Austrian family lead company Petco offers two high-quality options tailored to the nutritional needs of…

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Winner product of the year 2024/2025

Double victory for Pets Nature

Pets Nature is the pet and PET worldwide product of the year 2024/2025 in both the dog and cat food categories. The winner of the dog and cat …

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Pet Factory

Wet food – a sales driver

Pet Factory explains why investing in private labels for wet pet food is worthwhile. The Romanian manufacturer has summarised seven reasons why.

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Sera

Setting new impulses

The German Heinsberg-based aquarium manufacturer Sera has taken over the long-established British company Interpet. PET worldwide spoke to managing director …

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Biocraft Pet Nutrition

Ethical “mouse mousse”

Two companys have partnered to commercialize what they describe as the first wet cat food product composed of animal cell-cultured meat – does that sound too…

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Global Pet Expo

“Global Pet Expo sets a new standard”

Almost 20 000 trade visitors from over a hundred countries came to Orlando for the US pet trade fair Global Pet Expo.

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Dibevo

“Make me smile”

While retail margins in the pet sector are under pressure and competition is increasing, the Dutch trade association Dibevo is taking a distinctly different …

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