News from the pet industry

Exhibition

Zoosphere 2015 will show all aspects of the pet industry

Zoosphere will take place on 19-21 November 2015 in Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in Saint Petersburg

News16. October 2015

Fair

Record-breaking PATS Telford

PATS Telford has broken all records with the number of visitors attending the two-day show breaking the 2 000 mark for the first time in the event's …

News5. October 2015

Announcement

The industry meets in Tucson, Arizona

The Pet Industry Leadership Conference, staged by the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA), the American Pet Products Association …

News5. October 2015

Retail

Petco to go public after filing for IPO

Petco Holdings, Inc. is to become public again nine years after the pet store operator was purchased by two private equity firms. The …

News5. October 2015

Closing down

Iwersen ceases operations

The wholesale company Iwersen, which was based in Haderslev, Denmark, has handed its business in the Danish pet supplies market over to former rival …

News30. September 2015

Pet Industry Federation

Big turn-out for ‘Meet the Buyers’ event

Czech retail giant Placek, which operates across the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia, has become the…

News30. September 2015

Show

Visitor attendance up at Garten- & Zooevent

Around 4 500 visitors came to the German Garten- & Zooevent trade show in Kassel last weekend. Compared with the previous year, …

News30. September 2015

Talks on mega deal

PetSmart planning to acquire Petco

According to media reports, the two pet store chain giants in the USA, Petco and PetSmart, have initiated preliminary talks about the acquisition…

Distribution22. September 2015

Dibevo fair

Everything for groomers

As well as presenting a host of innovative new products, the Dibevo trade show taking place in Gorinchem in the Netherlands from 11 to 13 October will offer…

Events22. September 2015