Newsletter - Pet Trade Xtra

Raw pet food specialist Natures Menu has achieved great success in the UK in recent years, winning a string of business and product awards. And now the Norfolk-based company is taking its prize-winning products overseas as it attempts to dominate the international market...

Residents angry over plans to turn pet shop into an off-licence

A petition to stop a pet store from becoming a shop selling discounted alcohol has gathered over 900 signatures from concerned residents...

Hot deals on offer at Pedigree Wholesale trade show

Pedigree Wholesale is urging pet retailers to attend its annual Pet & Aquatic Trade Show on Wednesday, June 3, at Peterborough Arena, East of England Showground, and take advantage from some hot deals...

AATU is the Aston Martin of the natural pet food market

Pet Food UK, which has achieved remarkable success with its Barking Heads and Meowing Heads brands, is now seeking to dominate the premium end of the market with its new AATU products, described as being the Aston Martin of the natural food sector...

Lily's Kitchen launches 'superfood' snack bars for dogs

Lily’s Kitchen claims to be revolutionising the offerings in the pet snacking category with the launch of three new 100% natural, hand baked superfood snack bars for dogs...

Nikon's new camera mount presents a dog's eye view

Nikon has come up with a new twist on camera mounts. While most people attach their camera to a helmet or bicycle handlebars, this one fastens to a pet dog...

Key overseas buyers of garden and pet products to meet British suppliers at Gardenex and PetQuip event

The next ‘Meet the Buyers’ event, organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip associations, is to be held at their offices in Brasted near Sevenoaks on Wednesday 17 June 2015. The garden product buyers attending are from a German mail order and online shop, and importers/distributors from Poland and the US. The pet product buyers are from a Finnish pet chain and a Polish distributor....

Eco-Concept pet housing made from recycled plastic and wood

Eco-Concept pet housing products are manufactured using a unique material that combines recycled plastics and wood fibres that take the best properties of both but actually looks like real wood...

Two new products added to PetSafe's FroliCat range

PetSafe has expanded its ever-popular FroliCat range with two new automatic cat teasers – FroliCat CHATTER and FroliCat CHEESE...

Billionaire spends £20,000 on gold Apple Watches for his dog

The son of China's richest man has bought two gold Apple Watch Editions for his pet dog to wear on its front legs...

Pet Trade Xtra

Retailers urged to reject dyed fish for sale

The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association is calling on its members not to import or sell dyed or tattooed fish. "This sort of ‘throwaway’ attitude to fish does our industry no favours at all," says OATA Chief Executive Keith Davenport (pictured)...

Devonshire dog fed a Devonshire diet wins Devon County Show

Mid Golden Retriever Crosby won the Best in Show award at the Devon County Show, and his owner Debbie Fenn admitted that pet food firm Forthglade had played a big part in the animal’s helath and vitality...

International digital marketing manager appointed by PetSafe owners

In a move to further strengthen its digital marketing, Radio Systems Corporation, owner of the PetSafe and SportDOG brands, has made a high profile appointment and brought Kristin Hodgkinson on-board as International Digital Marketing Manager.

Reptile collector jailed after breeding rodents as food for pet snakes

A reptile collector who kept rodents in squalid conditions to feed his pet snakes has been jailed for 150 days...

Pet dog who vanished chasing a rabbit turns up 150 miles away

Heartbroken dog owner Helen Nutter, 30, offered a £500 reward on Facebook to find Spaniel-cross Tilly after she disappeared during a caravan holiday at Towyn, North Wales. The dog, who vanished chasing a rabbit, has now turned up 150 miles away two weeks later...

Be ‘in the pink’ and raise money for charity with a hoodie

CSJ’s Spring weight pink hoodies each raise £2 for Cancer Research UK. Neither CSJ nor the manufacturers are making any profits from the sales - every penny goes to Cancer Research UK...

Winner of £1,000 worth of Johnson's 4fleas stock announced

To mark the launch of the new 4fleas Spot-on products, Johnson's offered the chance to win stock to the value of £1,052.75 (RRP) in a special Pet Trade Xtra competition. The winner was Dapper Dogs Dundee...

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