Spain

Experts in food

It is 25 years since Joaquin Navarro and his wife Pepita Fulljames launched their telephone home shopping service for pet food. Now they also run eight high street …

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Mering

Powerful merger in the USA

A merger between Pet Valu and Pet Supermarket has secured the new grouping, with over 930 stores in the USA and Canada, the third slot in the North …

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Delhaize

Uncertain future for Tom & Co.

The Belgian retail company Delhaize has sold its pet speciality retail formula Tom & Co. to an investment group led by Lionel Desclée, current member…

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Editorial

Radical uncertainty 

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Analysis

Positive trend in Italy

Sales of dog and cat food in Italy in 2015 increased by 4.1 per cent compared with the previous year to € 1.91 bn. With regard to tonnage, the Italian pet …

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Land & Fritid

Agri-trade stores in northern Europe

The Land & Fritid chain is a significant player in the home, garden and agricultural market in Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Estonia. It was …

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Editorial

Four days of the feelgood factor

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Pet shops

Pet product retailing in South America

Other countries, other customs? Pet retailing expert Boris Scholven reports on his tour of various pet shops in Ecuador and Colombia.

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Animax

Leading the market for 15 years

Since Cristian Pop opened his first Animax store in Romania, the entrepreneur has kept up an impressive rate of expansion. The company now runs 60 …

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Vitantrade

Steady growth

In PET worldwide 6/2015 we reported in depth on the pet supplies business in Slovenia. One family-run company there, Vitantrade, has now announced a raft of new …

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PetCity Tallinn

Pet competence centre

PetCity has opened its first concept store in Tallinn, describing it as a revolution in the pet supplies sector and evolution for pet owners. The retailer …

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Dehner Germany

Cross-channel on the sales floor

Europe's leading garden centre chain Dehner has opened a pilot store in Frankfurt that is based on a digitally integrated cross-channel concept. It…

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American pet supplies

"The industry continues to prosper"

Sales in the American pet supplies sector increased by 3.9 per cent in 2015, attaining a volume of $60.28 bn.

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Germany

The squeeze is on

Scarcely any other country in Europe has a pet supplies market with such an advanced level of retail concentration as Germany.

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