Learning from America

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Retail group Aveve

Springboard for further development

The Belgian retail group Aveve has officially opened its new, ultra-modern logistics centre at the company’s headquarters in Wilsele.

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Quality pays

The days when dogs and cats were fed on scraps from the table of their owner are long since gone in many regions of the world.

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Fressnapf

Operative excellence is the target

Europe’s leading pet store chain Fressnapf is reacting on several fronts to the challenges facing the trade in the future.

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Dimac

From La Rambla to wholesaler

Dimac is a Spanish wholesaler with tradition. It offers a select range of international brands and now aims to raise its profile with its private label…

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Bautique

“Pets are members of the family”

In the centre of the northern Italian city of Ferrara, Chiara Giorgi and Marco Garuti run the pet shop Bautique. The two Italians specialise …

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An island of bliss

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GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2013/2014

Varying purchasing power in Europe

The study “GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2013/2014” from market research company GfK Geo Marketing has revealed a massive imbalance in purchasing …

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Isola dei Tesori

A new big store format in Italy

The leading Italian speciality chain Isola dei Tesori has now developed a concept for large-format pet stores in addition to its standard format of …

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US online competitiors

US competitors on the Internet

Your competition today is not just a nearby big chain store or another independent or small chain pet retailer; it also includes retailers you may …

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Terrarium pets - Analysis of the reptile sector

Focus on the pet

There is scarcely any other segment of the international pet supplies sector in which attention is focused as closely on the pet as in the reptile sector. Many …

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Awards presentation in Fulda

Awards presentation in Fulda

Zoo & Co. and Zooplus AG were the first recipients of the pet Retail Award at the Pet Conference in Fulda. The award for the pet Supplier of the …

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Review of the year

A year in the pet supplies business

2013 was characterised in the pet supplies business by take-overs, price wars and stable market development. The following is a summary of the …

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Master-Zoo

A professional service

The Ukrainian company Master-Zoo has introduced a brand new pet shop concept. In Kharkiv, one of the biggest cities in the country, its new Zoo-Land store …

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