Shopping malls offer a host of advantages

Gunwor Dannborg and Cecilia Dannborg-Wilson run two pet stores in Gothenburg. For the mother/daughter team, shopping malls have proved to …

Distribution11-12/2005

“At least one new country a year”

Over 3 100 guests celebrated the 15th birthday of Europe’s biggest speciality pet product retailer Fressnapf at its logistics centre in Krefeld. …

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Specialised private label manufacturer

N. Mol, the manufacturer and distributor of leather and nylon leashes, collars, harnesses and pet accessories, cites quality and service as t…

Distribution11-12/2005

The price war intensifies

Garden centres and speciality pet stores are two of the most important distribution channels for pet products in the Netherlands. But the supermarkets are…

Distribution11-12/2005

Getting ahead down under

Set up by a Polish immigrant, Masterpet is now regarded as the largest distributor and wholesaler throughout New Zealand and Australia

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The UK market is still growing

Glee, the UK trade show in Birmingham, comes around once again in mid-September. In view of the fact that there is no staging this year of the w…

Trend towards regional chains gradually growing

A slow but steady spread of large-format distribution channels is taking place in the Italian speciality pet product trade. But …

Distribution9-10/2005

Gouramis under the spotlight

A student at Sydney University recently carried out a research project which - to quote a report from official Australian government sources - has …

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Steady trend towards premium products

The UK pet product market grew by 4 per cent to £ 2 357 mio (approx. € 3 392 mio) in 2004. This trend is fuelled above all by the …

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Lingering after-effects

The tsunami has left such serious damage in its wake that many of the reefs on which the marine ornamental aquatic industry depends could take many more …

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Steadfast loyalty to the speciality trade

Distribution7-8/2005

Speciality mega-store on the brink of becoming a chain

Occupying three levels in the centre of a shopping mall in Hvidovre, close to Copenhagen, Ole G. Jensen’s 3 500 m² …

Distribution7-8/2005

Live animals pose a problem for shopfitters

Shopfitters throughout Europe focusing on the presentation of live animals are confronted by a dilemma: how to display pets so that the …

Distribution7-8/2005

Standards for a sustainable marine aquarium trade

The Marine Aquarium Council, established in 1998, promotes responsible trading in marine species. In 2001 the organisation drew up…

Distribution7-8/2005