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Freshwater stingray under the spotlight

Two years ago, the Brazilian environmental agency, Ibama, submitted a document on freshwater stingrays at the 2004 meeting of the Cites Animals Committee. That document was passed on to the Committee’s Shark Working …

Distribution7-8/2006

The market is not yet exhausted

More and more dog owners are attaching importance to optimum nutrition for their four-legged friends. Suppliers of premium products and healthy …

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Sri Lanka's export problems continue

The Association of Live Tropical Fish Exporters of Sri Lanka reported that its members had lost around 75 mio rupees (approximately € 1.31…

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Inexorable rise of the shopping centre

The 100 biggest shopping centres in Austria occupy an area equivalent to 200 football pitches. A further 800 000 m² of malls is also envisage…

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The competition is getting tougher

The years of rich pickings in the Swiss pet product sector are over. But compared with neighbouring states, annual growth of around 3 per cent is…

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The sector continues to grow

The pet sector offers huge potential for growth worldwide. By 2009 the overall market could grow from € 44 bn currently to as much as € 51 bn

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Pet supplies sector in a state of euphoria

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Lean times

The Austrian pet supplies market is only growing slowly, but competition is increasing

Distribution7-8/2006

Coming up to Frankfurt

There's now a new key event for the international pet supplies business. This year the first International Pet Conference is taking place, featuring top …

Distribution5-6/2006

The competition in Europe is growing

Pet superstores, DIY stores and garden centres are the winners, small speciality shops the losers: the structure of the European pet product …

Distribution5-6/2006

3-billion-euro mark passed for the first time

The German market for pet supplies grew by 2.3 per cent to € 3,080 mio last year

Distribution5-6/2006

Asian invader in the UK

It only grows to around 10cm, but what it lacks in size, Pseudorasbora parva more than makes up for in the level of alarm it is currently causing throughout…

Distribution5-6/2006