Nearly 14 million pets live in Indian households, the majority of them dogs. Pet-owning as we know it in Europe or America is a relatively new phenomenon in India, and so it is interesting to take a look at the country …
Review of the year
A year full of surprises
Is it true that nothing happens in an Interzoo-free year? Absolutely not! Even without the world-leading fair last year, there was plenty going on in the …
Tiendanimal
Targeting expansion
The Spanish pet store chain Tiendanimal is opening new stores across Spain in quick succession. By the end of 2017 it is halfway to achieving its goal, …
Editorial
Backs to the wall
Petmania
Anniversary sets a world record
Petmania's tenth anniversary celebration was a little out of the ordinary: the Irish pet store chain managed to break the Guinness world record for …
Dehner
Well positioned for the future
Europe's leading garden centre chain Dehner is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The family firm in southern Germany has lost nothing of its dynamism…
Cat food - Survey
"Cats are the secret power"
How are sales of cat food doing in pet stores? What are the market drivers? What varieties are not doing so well? PET worldwide spoke to leading pet …
Editorial
Cat food still offers scope for innovation
Amazon
Online giant Amazon is growing
The online steamroller is coming closer: in the USA there's talk of a wave of closures caused by the online boom, which is impacting even the big …
Consistently at a high level
In Europe, pet products are among the goods with the highest proportion of private labels, according to the latest Yearbook of the Private Label …
Das Futterhaus
Success through passion
The cute yellow dog is a logo that is perfectly suited to Das Futterhaus. That's because the German speciality retailer, which is celebrating its 30th …
Tierkönig
New player in Austria
The pet product retailer Tierkönig opened its first store in Vienna in June, followed by two more in July, also in the Austrian capital. Company founders …
Cat food
A billion dollar market
To go by the latest studies, the cat food business is likely to continue growing at a steady rate in the next few years. The sector has high expectations in…
Premiumisation
New routes to premiumisation
The majority of pet owners tend to liken their animals' needs to their own, according to the American research and consulting firm GlobalData.
Cat food - Market research
Treats drive sales growth in Europe
Market research company IRI has looked at the sales and tonnage trends for cat food in four European countries. The results show that the market…