News from the pet industry

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 company filed an amended S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …

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

The bottom line

Times still tough for the Karlie Group

The Karlie Group expects to post a negative group result for the current 2015 fiscal year. At the same time, however, it assumes that the …

News18. September 2015

€ 14 mio invested

Bewital commissions two new plants

Bewital has marked the opening of two new facilities at its headquarters in Südlohn-Oeding with a function attended by over 800 guests from …

Suppliers18. 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…

News18. September 2015