Sales of pet products in Germany rose last year by 0.8 per cent to €3.707 bn compared with 2009. Sales growth in the previous year was 2.2 per cent.
Reaching new customers
Thanks to social media, pet product retailers can now launch marketing campaigns that can reach large numbers of potential customers but at a fraction of the…
Retail business increasingly important
The leading Czech wholesaler Plaček is also one of the main pet supplies chains in central and eastern Europe with 75 stores in the …
Green expanse
The Intratuin garden centre in Halsteren, the Netherlands, has been extended repeatedly in the last 20 years and now covers over 17 000 m². An important element from …
Experts in pet business
Aqua-El from Poland is considered one of the best-known aquatics companies in Europe. The company aims to open around 100 stores in its own “Aqua-El Zoo” …
Premium products in large-format stores
The pet supplies trade in central and eastern Europe is dominated by retail areas of between 100 and 200 m². Now Ukrainian chain Master-Zoo …
Child of sorrow
Fishkeeping is undergoing a crisis worldwide. The reasons for this are varied: trends such as nano aquariums and marine aquariums have only had a very brief impact …
Nearly 35 years of experience
A high product quality and proven effectiveness of the company’s activity are what the Polish pet food company Tropical regards as its distinctive …
Additional benefits for profit
As in many sectors of the pet supplies industry, gaining additional benefits from food is becoming increasingly important in the aquatics sector too…
Strengthening the human-pet bond
The American company Furminator has become an important global supplier for the pet supplies trade and professional groomers with its deShedding …
From pest control to pet industry
British company Group55 is not a typical pet product supplier, but then, the history of this manufacturer of dog training, health & hygiene …
On track to expand
Tatrapet started out in 1988 manufacturing aquariums and running a small specialist aquarium business. Now the company is one of Slovakia’s leading pet product …
ParkZoo – a new trade show in Russia
A new project with a great future has started up in Moscow. The ParkZoo pet industry exhibition, organised by Artis Expo and supported by …
Aquarama retains its pulling power
The twelfth Aquarama in Singapore will go down as the Aquarama of nano aquariums and LED lighting. They were everywhere!
Pet branch meets in Sao Paulo
The trade show Pet South America, which takes place on 18-20 October in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is hosting the Veterinary Specialties Congress this year …