Table of contents

• Comment

• 3New challenges

• Markets

• 20The Portuguese pet product market at a glance.

  22The Portuguese pet supplies business is benefiting from the country’s recovering economy.

• Distribution

• 10Europe’s leading pet retailer Fressnapf aims to turn itself into a marketplace.

  12The UK’s leading pet retailer Pets at Home acknowledged an 80 per cent profit crash in its latest report.

  13Gamm Vert Synergies opens its new headquarters.

  14The Bruneian pet supplies company Nimanja continues to diversify its distribution channels.

  18The e-commerce giant Amazon has introduced its own pet food products in some European countries.

• Focus

• 30Small mammals - Premium brands offer new market opportunities.

  34Small mammals - Versele-Laga has acquired a new company and launched new products for small animals.

  36Small mammals - Deadly rabbit disease is sweeping the UK.

• Country report

• 38Belgium - The Belgian pet market at a glance.

  40Belgium - Stable household spending drives expansion.

• Events

• 54The Global Pet Expo in Orlando is expected to be bigger than ever.

  55The CIPS fair in Guangzhou welcomed over 60 000 visitors from 90 countries.

  57High expectations for Pats Sandown.

  58Pets & Money Summit in London.

• Suppliers

• 25A change is imminent at the top of Karlie.

  26Gimborn has ambitious plans for China.

  28Casco Pet built all the pet and aquatic store fixtures of the South African pet retailer Pet World.