Portugal

A market on the up

After being hard hit by the recession, the economy of popular holiday destination Portugal is steadily recovering. One of the sectors benefiting from this is the…

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Belgium - Market

The Belgian pet market at a glance

Pet market facts

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Pets at Home

Profit crash at Pets at Home

The UK's leading pet retailer, Pets at Home, reported an 80.5 per cent profit crash to £8 mio in its interim report covering the half-year period …

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Award for Welkoop

Welkoop, the speciality pet and garden supplies chain, has received a Dutch Pet Award as best pet supplies chain in the Netherlands. The eleven-strong jury based …

Editorial

The pet business in the digital age

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Great Britain - Pets at Home

Pets at Home on the right track

The leading UK pet supplies retailer Pets at Home remains on the right track in its 2019 financial year. In the first quarter (31 March to 20 July) …

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Petoutlet

Market leader in Portugal

Experienced retailer Adão Teixeira is the founder and operator of Petoutlet, one of Portugal's oldest pet supplies chains. In the next two years he …

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Raw food - Survey

"Raw food is still in its early stages"

Raw food is a trend that is slowly but surely permeating the international pet supplies landscape. PET worldwide posed questions to leading …

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Master-Zoo

Top dog in Ukraine

The family-owned wholesale company NPP Suzirja runs its own retail chain Master-Zoo with 84 stores across the country. Now the chain has launched a new concept.

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Das Futterhaus

"A generator of ideas for the sector"

A good atmosphere, brisk business and considerable interest by franchise partners in new ideas and products: the ninth house fair organised by…

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Raw food - Analysis

On an upward trend

What started as a niche product a few years ago has now secured a strong position in the pet supplies market in North America and some European countries. The …

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Fressnapf

"We are giving everything"

Fressnapf has opened its 1 500th store close to Paris. At the opening, company founder and proprietor Torsten Toeller announced that his company will …

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Czech Republic & Slovakia - Pet Center

"We know what pets need"

Pet Center opened its first pet shop in Prague in 2000. The dynamic speciality retailer now operates 159 outlets in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and is…

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Australia

Pet expenses grow in Australia

Australian families are spending over 12 bn dollars a year on their pets. This is double the amount spent in 2009.

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