The international packaging specialist Coveris has completed another strategic transaction in Central and Eastern Europe with the acquisition of P.P. D.K. Lamin in Bialystok, Poland.Three years after establishing its …
Changes in Sweden
Sven Schlager leaving Petgood
Sven Schlager has reported on his professional network on LinkedIn that he is leaving Petgood at the end of August. Until then he will continue to …
Changes at the top
Holger Fiebiger leaves Sera
The restructuring at Sera has now been completed successfully after nearly two years, according to the aquatics company. Managing director Holger …
Hive-off of hardware and DIY store merchandise group
Spectrum Brands focuses on pet segment
Spectrum Brands (brands including Tetra) has completed the sale, already announced, of its hardware and DIY store division to Assa Abloy in a…
Minus 2.2 per cent
Hornbach suffers sales downturn
In the first quarter of 2023 (1 March to 31 May), the Hornbach DIY store group recorded sales of 1 667.6 mio euros with its European stores, …
Substantial year-on-year growth
Zoomark attains a new high
Viva Italia! At this year’s show in May, Zoomark in Bologna attracted 27 950 trade visitors, nearly doubling the figure recorded in 2021. Even if the …
Fifth and final term of office
Norbert Holthenrich remains ZZF president
At the 75th delegates‘ conference in Leipzig, delegates of the German Pet Trade and Industry Association (Zentralverband Zoologischer …
Consumer prices rise by 8.7 per cent
UK inflation remains high
To the surprise of analysts, inflation in the UK did not fall in May. On the contrary, consumer prices as a whole increased as in April by 8.7 per cent …
Wider international spread
Considerable interest already in Interzoo
Eleven months in advance of the event, the level of registrations for the next edition of world-leading trade fair Interzoo (7-10 May …
Acquisition of Cat-Gato
Zolux pushes on with its expansion strategy
The French pet supplies company Zolux continues to expand in the European market. After opening its subsidiary Zolux Iberia at the start…