Severe storms and flooding in the USA, Germany, Netherlands and the UK during July and August also affected the pet supplies industry.
Editorial
Reversing the trend
Qualipet
Number 1 in Switzerland
In most countries in which Fressnapf operates its own stores, Europe's leading pet retailer tops the speciality retail rankings within a few years. In …
The German top three
Growing in step with one another
The German top three pet supplies retailers have reported solid growth in sales for the first six months of the year. Zooplus will soon be acquired…
Pet Food Federation (Fediaf)
300 mio pets in Europe
The European Pet Food Federation (Fediaf) releases its annual overview of the pet population and pet supplies market in Europe.
Latin America
Online market in Latin America
If online sales were already a growing trend over the last decade, 2020 saw a boost in the popularity of e-commerce. The pet food market was not left…
A great year for pets
The market research company Mintel has presented new and impressive figures for the American pet market.
Hoping for a return to normality
Zooplus accelerates growth
Online retailer Zooplus increased its sales in the first quarter of 2021 by 16 per cent to 509 mio euros, with adjusted growth rising to 22 per cent.
Italian pet market exceeds 2.2 bn euros
In 2020, the Italian pet market grew both in terms of value (+4.2 per cent compared with 2019) and volume (+2 per cent).
Growth across all channels
For the 2021 financial year, UK specialist retail chain Pets at Home has announced group sales growth to GBP 1 142.8 mio (approximately 1 330 mio euros).
The impact of Covid-19 on pets in the UK
For ten years now, the PDSA Animal Wellbeing Report has provided a comprehensive annual insight into the development of pet ownership in …
A pet market on the rise
According to data from the Elephant Research Institute, the Chinese pet market size has doubled in five years from 2015 to 2019, with a compound annual …
A growing pet market
Around 5.9 mio dogs and 7.9 mio cats live in Canadian households. These are the current figures given in the Canada Pet Wellness Report by GFK Global Study.