Dog grooming product manufacturer HOWND has launched a new e-commerce site, allowing retailers and groomers to place direct trade orders for their conditioning shampoos and body mists....
A not-for-profit organisation run by a husband and wife team has set itself the huge task of equipping every fire engine in the UK with pet oxygen masks. And if successful, the initiative will help to save the lives of hundreds of animals each year...
Scotts Miracle-Gro is set to be close all of the Solus brands, with the exception of Chapelwood, less than a year after buying them. There are now fears that the Bermuda brand, which was due to exhibit at AQUA in October, could disappear from the market place.
Natures Menu is on target to sell over 1,000 freezers for its RAW pet food in 2015, a remarkable achievement when you consider that each freezer generates on average £12,000 in sales per year for the independent pet trade.
Competing for customers and footfall can feel like a never ending challenge for bricks and mortar retailers but help is at hand. Paul Steckler, director of the successful Oscar & Hooch company, reveals how pet stores can focus resources on the right customers...
Peter Dimambro, the owner of award-winning The Pet Centre Minehead in Somerset, was shocked when he received an email offering him the chance to win a £20 gift voucher to be spent in Pets at Home store.
Peter Dimambro is pictured above receiving the PPRA Pet Retailer of the Year Award 2014 from Janine Tozer, whose Not Just Pets store won the accolade this year.
Export sales of British pet products are set for a major boost as UK exhibitors return from the Zoomark international pet trade show held in Bologna, Italy last week...
The Pet Industry Federation is hosting a ‘Meet the Buyer’ afternoon on Monday, November 16, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool - a fitting opener to its renowned Pet Industry Forum & Awards event, which will run from Tuesday to Wednesday, November 17-18...
Pooch & Mutt’s bestselling range of premium treats were featured on XFM Breakfast Show. The presenter had a laugh when a listener offered the pet company as a contender for their ‘Pretentious Products’ feature.
A greedy puppy from Ponteland, Newcastle, nearly died after chomping on a barbeque skewer which punctured his intestine and caused an infection so serious he would have died if left untreated...
Aquatics goods retailer Fishkeeper Scotland is set to invest £250,000 in an expansion that will see the firm establish a presence in Aberdeen and Dundee. The firm is taking on sites within branches of the Tesco-owned Dobbies Garden Centre chain in the two cities...
Members of the Pet Industry Federation have access to an even wider range of benefits, thanks to two new schemes being launched by the organisation yesterday (Wednesday)...
Swedish dog trainer Nina Ottosson, whose interactive dog games and puzzles are distributed in the UK by The Company of Animals, has been named a winner in the 2015 Pet Age Women of Influence awards program (US)...
An arrest has been made in a murder investigation that's gone unsolved for more than 20 years. Arthur Brumhill was 76 when he was found beaten to death in the basement of the pet shop in Northampton...
The British Veterinary Association has welcomed the ‘Veterinary Nurses (Protection of Title) Bil as a fantastic step in recognising the unique contributions of veterinary nurses...
Scotts Miracle-Gro is set to be close all of the Solus brands, with the exception of Chapelwood, less than a year after buying them. There are now fears that the Bermuda brand, which was due to exhibit at AQUA in October, could disappear from the market place.
