In This Issue
Sainsbury’s recalls range of pet food pouches
Amazon launches Wag, its own line of pet products
Nestlé Purina PetCare acquires majority share in personalised pet nutrition business Tails.com
Innovative pet firms merge with strong growth plans
Animology launches another ‘Essential’ product range
More international buyers expected at PATS Telford
New ethical dog treat range made from wild Atlantic Cod
Pet food entrepreneur in Top 100 list for innovation
PIF and Hadlow College open new dog grooming school
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Kent pet store wins Nylabone prize draw
Record number of British exhibitors at Interzoo 2018
Tarantula the size of a hand rescued after being dumped in bin
RSPCA warns against buying puppies on the Internet
The best of the previous Pet Trade Xtra
New stay-fresh pet food bowl is the cat's whiskers
Pet firms honoured in Queen’s Awards for Enterprise
Online shopping blamed for pet shop closure
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Sainsbury’s recalls range of pet food pouches

 

Sainsbury's is recalling a selection of its own brand cat and dog food because the products may contain high levels of vitamin D which could make pets ill.

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Amazon launches Wag, its own line of pet products
 

Amazon  has launched its own brand of pet products, called Wag, adding to the internet retailer's expansive list of private-label brands, which has grown to include diapers, clothing and even mid-century furniture...

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Nestlé Purina PetCare acquires majority share in personalised pet nutrition business Tails.com

 

Nestlé Purina PetCare has acquired a majority stake in Tails.com, a direct-to-consumer, tailor-made dog nutrition business based in the UK...

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Innovative pet firms merge with strong growth plans

 

MDC Pet Products will merge with Pet Trade Innovations and be renamed ‘Pet Trade Innovations Ltd’. Over the past two years Pet Trade Innovations (pti) has worked as a consultancy business helping inventors and designers bring new products to the pet market and MDC Pet Products in turn handled the distribution of the products to the trade as well as distributing its own range of ‘Smart’ products.

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Animology launches another ‘Essential’ product range
 

Animology has launched Animology Essentials, a budget friendly range of shampoos and spritzes designed to raise the standard of budget shampoos...

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More international buyers expected at PATS Telford

PATS Telford in September is set to have a strong international presence with a growing number of pet buyers from abroad expected to attend the autumn showpiece. The PATS team will have a stand at next week’s Interzoo show (May 8-11) in Nuremburg, Germany, where huge interest is expected to be shown in the UK’s No 1 pet trade exhibition.

 

 

The Meet the Buyer sessions, organised by PetQuip, at PATS Telford last September proved to be very popular.

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New ethical dog treat range made from wild Atlantic Cod
 

Woofs is an exciting new range of veterinary approved dog treats which are made from the finest wild Cod fished from the North Atlantic Sea. Caught by Norwegian trawler men, the fish are landed and then turned in to treats at Woofs’ manufacturing plant in Cornwall...

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Pet food entrepreneur in Top 100 list for innovation

 

Henrietta Morrison, the CEO and founder of Lily’s Kitchen, has been named in this year’s prestigious Sunday Times Maserati 100 List, an accolade dedicated to the UK’s most inspiring innovators -  those entrepreneurs who take a big idea and make it work...

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PIF and Hadlow College open new dog grooming school
 

The Pet Industry Federation and Hadlow College in Kent, rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, have extended their joint venture to open a new dog grooming school in Greenwich, London...

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