Table of contents

• Comment

• 3Many unanswered questions

• Markets

• 12There was plenty going on in the international pet supplies sector in 2017.

  18Pet owning is becoming more and more popular in India. Take a look at this overview.

• Pet Conference

• 16The revolution is under way.

• Distribution

• 20blue gray (Petpark), a leading wholesaler from Slovakia, has received an award from the British PetQuip Association.

  22Amazon USA is stepping up sales of dog food.

  24Petra Aqua of the Czech Republic is one of the five biggest aquatics wholesalers in Europe.

• Focus

• 26Dog food - The dog food market is split between mass-market products and higher-value brands.

  28Dog food - How the international pet supplies trade views the trend in dog food.

  30Dog food - Dog food containing insect protein is regarded as a potentially interesting constituent of the canine diet in future.

  31Dog food - Dokas’s mission is to produce healthy treats to create energetic dogs.

• Country report

• 40Sweden - Steady market growth in the far north.

  42Sweden - Stefan Boström and August Engel-Wolff (Doggy) on the Swedish pet supplies market and the company’s plans for the future.

• Events

• 54Andrew Darmohraj (APPA) talks about this year’s Global Pet Expo in Orlando.

  56The Russian pet supplies show ParkZoo continues to grow.

• Suppliers

• 34The European investment company Gimv is to become a majority shareholder in the Agrobiothers Group.

  36The Czech pet food manufacturer Vafo Praha has acquired a 70 per cent majority holding in Allco Heimtierbedarf.

  38The British start-up company Catipilla has developed an alternative to the conventional cat flap.