The programme for the International Pet Conference on 14 and 15 November in Frankfurt has now been finalised. Visitors can look forward to a wide range of topics, top-class speakers and exciting workshops
Problems in the aquatics segment
Three in one
Garden centre, DIY store and speciality stores - one Intratuin partner has created a shopping centre with a difference in the Dutch town of Duiven, close to Arnhem
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…
New association for the pet supplies sector
A new international trade association based in the UK presented itself at Interzoo: PetQuip aims to promote international trade in the …
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
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
Pet supplies sector in a state of euphoria
Lean times
The Austrian pet supplies market is only growing slowly, but competition is increasing
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
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…
Expansion is accelerated
The DIY store and garden centre operator Baumax is planning to increase its turnover to € 2 bn by 2010. The Austrian company has set its sights high, …