Nightmare Brexit

Scarcely any topic unsettles and divides people as much as Great Britain's exit from the EU. PET worldwide discovered at the PATS trade show just how insecure …

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Product of the Year

Wow! emerges victorious

What is the top new product of 2018/2019? PET worldwide has spent nearly three months quizzing international pet product retailers. Now the result has been …

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Fashion for pets - Distribution

Dog fashion retailing

Protection against rain and cold is one thing, the fashion aspect another. The range offered by retailers is huge, but varies from country to country.

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Fressnapf

Fressnapf passes the two-billion sales mark

The Fressnapf Group passed the two-billion-euro sales mark for the first time in 2018. Sales of 2.1 bn euros equated to growth of 6.3 …

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Editorial

Signs point to continuing growth

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The spirit of London

Despite the exodus of retail outlets like Toys R Us and House of Fraser, rent on retail stores in London continues to be high. This explains why it is …

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Zooplus

Loss of over 2 million at Zooplus

Zooplus is lamenting another negative result in 2018. Its targets for 2019 are also looking relatively mediocre and the sales forecast for 2020 …

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Pets at Home

"A strong quarter"

Pets at Home is growing, even in financially tough times. On the Saturday before Christmas, the leading British pet store chain experienced the biggest trading …

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Ornimundo Group

A strong player

As a leading company in the Portuguese pet supplies retailing landscape, Alfena-based Ornimundo Group has nothing to fear; in addition to its 24 Ornimundo stores, …

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Selex Group

A passion for pets

There's a new player on the pet store scene in Italy: the Selex Group has discovered the pet segment and has announced a flurry of openings under the Animali che…

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Zooplus

Zooplus hot on the heels of Fressnapf

Zooplus, Europe's leading online retailer of pet products, continued to grow in 2018. The e-commerce company managed to close the gap s…

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Editorial

A booming market

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Pets Corner

Quality before price

The UK’s second largest pet retailer Pets Corner, which opened its 150th store in January, performed well in the first quarter of its new business year.

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Slovenia

A market in turmoil

The pet supplies situation in Slovenia has never been easy. After former market leader Tukano filed for insolvency four years ago, all market players hoped for …

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