Strong growth continues to be a feature of the US market. Dry food, treats and care products in particular are enjoying big sales increases
Pets are an important element
With 17 stores in Holland and one in Belgium, the fledgling Dutch garden centre group Life & Garden can look back on a satisfactory launch. …
A boom segment, but with risks
The garden pond segment remains interesting and lucrative for the pet product trade, although the tricks played by the weather over the years and the…
Good prospects for growth in the east
Speciality trade takes market share from the supermarkets
Although the French market for pet products only grew slightly last year, the speciality trade made a good showing, …
Superior pet departments
In the UK, garden and pet supplies go hand in hand. The pet departments to be found in the seven garden centres operated by the Garden & Leisure chain …
Shopping experience par excellence
The German pet supplies chain Zoo & Co. Bangel has opened a new flagship store in Waltersdorf, close to Berlin
Eastern Europe under the spotlight
Let's go east, many manufacturing companies in the pet supplies sector are saying, and are expanding rapidly into the new EU member states. What …
A segment that is evolving
The reptile and amphibian segment is still in its infancy in the Scandinavian pet sector. Insiders in the sector say the segment is lagging 5-10 years …
Rapid expansion in France
Pile Poils intends to open 35 to 40 new stores by 2008 and thereby become market leader in the French pet supplies sector
Koi herpes virus is now a notifiable disease
The new European Fish Health Directive will comprise one particular late inclusion that will undoubtedly take many people by surprise. …
A must for the pet supplies sector
The programme for the International Pet Conference on 14 and 15 November in Frankfurt has now been finalised. Visitors can look forward to a wide…
Moving trends in research
Dr Alessandro Gramenzi describes where the main areas of interest lie in research into dog and cat food
Problems in the aquatics segment
Three in one
Garden centre, DIY store and speciality stores - one Intratuin partner has created a shopping centre with a difference in the Dutch town of Duiven, close to Arnhem