Dog food - Analysis

True friends

The number of dogs in the EU now stands at over 68 mio, according to Fediaf's recently published annual report. The data indicates that 18 per cent of all households …

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Review of the year

A year full of surprises

Is it true that nothing happens in an Interzoo-free year? Absolutely not! Even without the world-leading fair last year, there was plenty going on in the …

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Tiendanimal

Targeting expansion

The Spanish pet store chain Tiendanimal is opening new stores across Spain in quick succession. By the end of 2017 it is halfway to achieving its goal, …

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Editorial

Backs to the wall

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Dehner

Well positioned for the future

Europe's leading garden centre chain Dehner is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The family firm in southern Germany has lost nothing of its dynamism…

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Petmania

Anniversary sets a world record

Petmania's tenth anniversary celebration was a little out of the ordinary: the Irish pet store chain managed to break the Guinness world record for …

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Cat food - Survey

"Cats are the secret power"

How are sales of cat food doing in pet stores? What are the market drivers? What varieties are not doing so well? PET worldwide spoke to leading pet …

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Amazon

Online giant Amazon is growing

The online steamroller is coming closer: in the USA there's talk of a wave of closures caused by the online boom, which is impacting even the big …

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Editorial

Cat food still offers scope for innovation

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Consistently at a high level

In Europe, pet products are among the goods with the highest proportion of private labels, according to the latest Yearbook of the Private Label …

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Das Futterhaus

Success through passion

The cute yellow dog is a logo that is perfectly suited to Das Futterhaus. That's because the German speciality retailer, which is celebrating its 30th …

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Tierkönig

New player in Austria

The pet product retailer Tierkönig opened its first store in Vienna in June, followed by two more in July, also in the Austrian capital. Company founders …

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Premiumisation

New routes to premiumisation

The majority of pet owners tend to liken their animals' needs to their own, according to the American research and consulting firm GlobalData.

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Cat food

A billion dollar market

To go by the latest studies, the cat food business is likely to continue growing at a steady rate in the next few years. The sector has high expectations in…

Distribution5/2017