Capital: Bern | Area: 41 000 km² | Population (2020): 8.6 mio | GDP (2020): € 656 bn
Sales for the first nine months of 2024
Nestlé: 2.4 per cent down
Nestlé achieved sales of 67.1 bn Swiss francs (approx. 71,63 bn. euros) in the first nine months of 2024, a decline of 2.4 per cent. The Swiss company announced this in a press release. Purina petcare achieved low …
1 000 new jobs
Galaxus builds logistics center in Germany
The Swiss online retailer Galaxus and its partners laid the foundation stone for a new logistics center in Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany, …
International expansion secured until 2029
Galaxus continues to invest in its European business
Swiss online retailer Galaxus will continue to be active in international online retail. The Migros Group, as majority owner, …
Call for start-ups
All set for the sixth edition of Unleashed by Purina
Global pet care company Purina is inviting start-ups from around the world to lead the next generation of pet care innovators …
Switzerland
Delphin Amazonia focuses on food
In Switzerland, the reluctance to buy pet accessories continues. However, the demand for high quality pet food remains strong. Swiss wholesaler …
Migros restructures
Do it + Garden is up for sale
The Swiss retail group Migros is in the midst of one of the largest restructuring programmes in the company's history. Back in April, it became known …
Savings campaigns in times of inflation
Fressnapf Switzerland supports customers
In May, Fressnapf Switzerland launched the "Friends" prices in its shops and online shop. The aim is to meet the needs of customers and …
Brand name unified
Maxi Zoo becomes Fressnapf in Switzerland
In western Switzerland, all Maxi Zoo stores have now been renamed Fressnapf. “The name has been changed with the aim of strengthening the …
286 mio euros
Robust sales growth at Galaxus Germany
The German subsidiary of Switzerland’s biggest online retailer Digitec Galaxus, which also deals in pet products, increased its platform …
Egbert Klokkers
New CEO at Delipet
Egbert Klokkers has assumed the role of CEO at Swiss pet food and treat manufacturer Delipet. Klokkers will contribute expertise from his tenure as …
Carmen Borsche succeeds Hubert Wieser
Change of director at Nestlé Purina Petcare Europe
Hubert Wieser, regional director of Nestlé Purina Petcare Europe Central Region, has been appointed regional business head of …
Swiss launch
Müller rolls out its app internationally
German drugstore chain Müller is to offer its app internationally also in future. After the digital customer card rapidly became a “heavily…
New partner for the Swiss pet market
Sera launches collaboration with Plantex
To be optimally prepared for the future, Heinsberg company Sera says it has been engaged in a complex transformation process for roughly …
Cutting-edge satellite technology
Nestlé to drive transparency in its reforestation projects
Nestlé will be the first food and beverage company to pilot Airbus's new Pléiades Neo satellites in the monitoring of its…
Product of the Year
Curli triumphs for the second time in a row
Swiss company Curli AG has won the coveted award for PET worldwide Product of the Year for the second year in succession.
Winners of the Better with Pets Prize
Purina promotes the human-pet bond
Purina has announced the winners of the Better with Pets Prize. The prize, with a fund worth 200 000 euros, honours the work of three …
First-quarter sales for 2023
Nestlé sales up by 5.6 per cent
Nestlé increased its group sales in the first three months of the current fiscal year by 5.6 per cent to 23.5 bn Swiss francs (approx. 23.95 bn …
PET worldwide Product of the Year 2022/2023
Curli triumphs for the second time in a row
Swiss company Curli AG has won the coveted award for PET worldwide Product of the Year for the second year in succession.As in previous …
134.85 mio Swiss francs
Fressnapf Switzerland continues to grow
With overall turnover of 134.85 mio Swiss francs (approx. 136.6 mio euros), Fressnapf marked a successful end to the last financial year in …
Swiss products by pet+me
Eric Schweizer acquires grooming brush business
The family-owned firm Swisscomed has sold its pet+me grooming brush business to Eric Schweizer AG with retroactive effect to 1 …
Applications accepted up to 3 March
Purina’s Better with Pets Prize
With its Better with Pets Prize, Purina hopes to achieve an important goal of its societal commitment, which is to improve the health and wellbeing …
Brit products in Switzerland
Allco expands collaboration with Covetrus
Via its Swiss distribution partner Covetrus, Allco is now offering Swiss pet retailers Brit Care Cat pet food and Brit Fresh for dogs from…
Global sales growth
Nestlé Purina Petcare grows by 14 per cent
Nestlé Purina Petcare has reported sales of 13.2 bn Swiss francs (13.3 bn euros) for the first nine months of the current year. In the …
1st half 2022
Nestlé Purina Petcare increases global sales
Nestlé Purina Petcare continued to deliver strong sales globally in the first half of the year. This is according to the publication of…
Founder and proprietor of Delipet
The sector mourns the loss of Dominik Stohler
Dominik Stohler, founder and proprietor of Delipet AG in Switzerland, has passed away at the age of 58 after a brief but serious …
Recognition for Curli
Company receives an award at Interzoo
It was smiles all around on the Curli AG stand at the world-leading Interzoo show. In an online poll of pet product retailers worldwide …
Curli
Hotspot for innovation
The Swiss firm Curli, a specialist in high-quality dog harnesses, has probably been one of the more remarkable discoveries in the international pet …
Branch no. 61
Fressnapf Switzerland opens a store in Küssnacht
Fressnapf Switzerland celebrated the opening of its 61st store in Küssnacht in the Swiss canton of Schwyz at the end of April…
Change of CEO
Fabian Boffa takes over at the helm of Qualipet
A change of CEO has taken place at Qualipet, Switzerland's leading pet store chain. Fabian Boffa, son of company founder Rolf Boffa…
Switzerland
Purina unveils an innovative new product
At the start of November, pet food manufacturer Nestlé Purina Petcare is launching a new pet food with alternative protein sources onto the…
Logistics centre
Businesscom moves into 19 000 m² space
The Swiss company Businesscom has set up a logistics centre for the distribution of pet food and accessory products on an area of 19 000 m²…
Switzerland
Biomill pulling out
Biomill in Herzogenbuchsee has announced that it has pulled out of dog and cat food production with effect from the end of 2018. The production plant in …
Switzerland
Small dog, big presence
A look at the latest canine population figures for Switzerland reveals a surprising shift: the Chihuahua has knocked the Labrador off the top spot in the …
Pet retail in Switzerland
Fierce competition
There is hardly any other country in Europe which has such fierce competition in the pet retail business as in Switzerland.
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