D.M.O. (Dettaglio Moderno Organizzato), the Italian group of companies, has acquired the six “Das Futterhaus” stores in Italy. The stores were operated independently hitherto by franchise partners under the name “La Ciotola”. In future the franchise partners and previous proprietors of the six stores intend to concentrate once more on their core business, the wine wholesale trade. D.M.O. already operates a number of pet stores in Italy.