News from the pet industry

Eagerly awaited

Aqua trade show to take place in October

The water garden and aquarium fair Aqua is to be staged in Telford on 13 and 14 October. Following British PM Boris Johnson's announcement that indoor and outdoor events could resume from 17 May (albeit with capacity …

News30. March 2021

Customer experience report

Fressnapf Austria comes up trumps

The mission of KPMG's Customer Experience Excellence Center is to make the customer experience available to companies in the form of figures. The …

News30. March 2021

United Kingdom

How much people spend on their pets

More than half (51 per cent) of the UK population has a pet, with some people spending over 3 500 GBP a year on their animals, according to a …

News30. March 2021

Global Pet Expo

Winners of the New Products Showcase Awards

The American Pet Products Association (APPA) and Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA) have announced the winners of their annual…

News30. March 2021

New sales figures

US pet industry exceeds 100-bn-dollar sales mark

The US pet product industry recorded sales worth over 100 bn dollars in 2020. This was the figure announced by the American Pet …

News26. March 2021

Zooplus forecast

“Sales of up to 3.8 bn euros by 2025”

Europe's leading online retailer of pet products, Zooplus AG, concluded its fiscal 2020 with an increase in sales of 18 per cent to 1.802 bn …

News25. March 2021

United Kingdom

Virtual Petindex reports successful live days

Two successful live days at Virtual Petindex (VPI) took place on 16-17 March to provide an opportunity for exhibitors to showcase new …

News25. March 2021

A successful financial year

Coronavirus drove up Hornbach sales

The internationally active Hornbach Group enjoyed a successful fiscal 2020/2021 (1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021) thanks to the coronavirus …

News25. March 2021

Germany

Sales totalling nearly 5.5 bn euros in 2020

Sales figures for the pet supplies sector collated by the IVH and ZZF for 2020 indicate an increase in sales of 4.3 per cent compared …

News23. March 2021

Pet food pioneer

Alwin Hübers passes away

Alwin Hübers, responsible for founding the German family firm Dr. Clauder's, has passed away at the age of 82. In his passing the pet sector says goodbye …

News23. March 2021