There's now a new key event for the international pet supplies business. This year the first International Pet Conference is taking place, featuring top …
The competition in Europe is growing
Pet superstores, DIY stores and garden centres are the winners, small speciality shops the losers: the structure of the European pet product …
The competition in Europe is growing
Pet superstores, DIY stores and garden centres are the winners, small speciality shops the losers: the structure of the European pet product …
Daring plans for expansion
The Dutch speciality pet retail chain Pet’s Place is launching a multi-media campaign of dimensions hitherto unrivalled in the sector
Expansion is accelerated
The DIY store and garden centre operator Baumax is planning to increase its turnover to € 2 bn by 2010. The Austrian company has set its sights high, …
Kiriel to adopt a more dynamic approach
Kiriel, a franchise company belonging to the French Lisa organisation, intends to adopt a more dynamic market approach in future that takes …
A Swiss powerhouse
Qualipet AG, which is soon to have 50 stores, is the undisputed market leader in the Swiss pet supplies business. The company intends to maintain its strong …
No. 1 in Stockholm
With 12 000 products and a retail area of 1 200 m² spread over three floors, plus its own vet, Bromma Zoomarknad is a familiar leading light in the Swedish pet …
Major challenge for the pet product sector
Bird flu has caused a lot of confusion amongst pet owners in the whole of Europe. Nearly everywhere pet product retailers have sold more …
Asian invader in the UK
It only grows to around 10cm, but what it lacks in size, Pseudorasbora parva more than makes up for in the level of alarm it is currently causing throughout…
Market place for the pet supplies business
Never have so many firms exhibited at Interzoo as at this year's show. And the interest shown by international companies in particular is…
Current trnds in pet food technologies
On 11 May, the Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Zoologischer Fachbetriebe (WZF) in conjunction with the International Research Association of Feed …
Welcome to Dähne Verlag!
A lively “get together” party, a terrific competition, the unveiling of the provisional programme for the International Pet Conference and the publication …
Gardenex to organise British Pavilion
British group participation at this year's Interzoo is to be organised for the first time by the UK export garden and leisure trade federation…
Australian competence
Eleven pet accessory companies from Down Under are coming to Nuremberg. Seven of them will be showcasing their products at the National Sta
Concentrating on the animals
Reptiles and amphibians are one of the growth segments in the pet product business. However, there are still major differences between individual …
In Uganda with "Exo Terra"
Deadly vipers, aggressive hippos and gentle gorillas awaited the eleven-strong expedition team, which included reptile specialists from various …
Reptile expedition to Madagascar
Leonhard Schaudi, the proprietor of the German wholesale company Exoterra, embarked on an expedition to Madagascar to find panther chameleons with …
Terrariums: The principal companies at a glance
Growing with new products
The Dutch company is one of the Netherlands' leading suppliers in the pet products sector. At Interzoo a wide range of innovative products will be …
Ten year's experience
The Italian company Sanypet, founded in 1996 and located in Monselice (Padua) in the north of Italy, has not taken long to expand its business in Italy and in…
"Passion and devotion with no compromise"
Bio Pet is a relatively new Italian company exhibiting at Interzoo that has adopted a completely new approach to the pet product business…
Pet spending stays high
Americans are expected to lavish $ 38.4 bn on their pets in 2006, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA)
"2006 - a milestone in Tertra's history"
Since being taken over by the consumer goods group Spectrum Brands, Tetra International is once again an American company. But the market …
3-billion-euro mark passed for the first time
The German market for pet supplies grew by 2.3 per cent to € 3,080 mio last year
Strong growth at Sera
Sera, the aquatics and pond specialist, continues to expand. Following on from the double-digit increase in sales abroad for the family firm last year, the n…
On the look-out for new niches
The pet food manufacturer Bosch Tiernahrung now markets its products in 35 countries. The markets of Eastern Europe are becoming increasingly …
"We go down unusual paths too"
In the space of just a few months, Vitakraft has set up three new distribution companies. And expansion is set to continue where exports are concerne…
Country reprt Germany: Principal companies at a glance
Plethora of new products in San Diego
Treat launchers, high-tech clippers, dog strollers – over 700 new products were on show at the Global Pet Expo in San Diego