With sales growth of around 4.5 per cent worldwide, dog food is the fastest-growing and -developing segment in the international pet supplies sector, but market development varies considerably from region to region.
Social change buoys up pet industry
A growing population of increasingly pampered cats and small dogs is more than offsetting a decline in the number of medium and large dogs in …
Pop-up from Australia
The Australian company Fuzz Yard is a producer of natural grooming products and designer of dog goods, which are supplied to clients all over the world. To …
New business categories in India
With increased expenditure on pets among the middle class and elite in India, new stakeholders are jumping into the national pet sector to get …
A decade of big changes
10 years of PET worldwide!
Growing in a stagnating market
The Plaˇcek Group is faring well with its 80 Super Zoo stores in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia, company owner Dusan Plaˇcek told …
Kölle Zoo opens store no. 13
In Nuremberg, the store chain from Southern Germany has remained true to its strategy.
Still on course for growth
Small, stable and hotly contested
Covering an area of just 31 000 km², Belgium is one of the smallest countries in Europe, yet with 10.8 million inhabitants it is one of the most …
Private label market on a high level
The market share of private labels (PL) in the pet food and care market remained at a high level throughout Europe last year. This was the …
The art of presentation
The range of services provided by Dutch company Jos de Vries includes developing new retail concepts for its customers, assisting the retail trade with …
Best kept secret in Osaka
In the USA and in Europe, the retail area and ambience are often key factors taken into account when planning and creating a pet store. A lot of thought …
Customer magnet in Luxembourg
Gamm Lux, part of the agricultural cooperative De Verband, has completely renovated its biggest Gamm Vert store in Luxembourg-Gasperich. The pet …
Small decline in sales in Germany
The market for pet supplies in Germany declined in 2011 by 0.2 per cent compared with the previous year to € 3.782 bn.
Disney theme parks for pets
The Safari stores in the Montreal area have more in common with a Disney theme park than a conventional pet shop.