Retailers

Aug- 2012 -

21 August

MedicAnimal Ltd acquires Petmeds.co.uk

MedicAnimal Ltd has agreed to acquire the online store for animal medicines, food and grooming products PetMeds.co.uk MedicAnimal, one of the UK’s largest online retailers of pet food and healthcare supplies, operates as an online veterinary dispensary and pharmacy. The company recently secured a £10 million investment and projects revenues…

14 August

Pedigree Wholesale upgrades online ordering facility

Pedigree Wholesale has announced a number of upgrades to its online ordering facility. Four changes have been made to the system with the aim of providing an easier and more enhanced online experience. The new Home screen offers more clearly defined buttons, allowing quick identification of the options available. My…

Jul- 2012 -

30 July

Retail sales growth eases in year to July

High street retailers reported a third consecutive month of rising year-on-year sales in July; however growth slowed to a greater extent than had been expected according to the CBI. In the CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey, 44 per cent of retailers stated that their sales volumes were up on…

30 July

Over one million small businesses victims of crime in the past two years

According to research from Direct Line for Business, almost one in four small businesses (24 per cent) have been the victim of business crime in the past two years. The study of small business owners and sole traders, of which there are more than 4.5 million in the UK, also…

12 July

Fin & Fur turns 40

A third-generation family pet business that specialises in a “natural and holistic” approach to pet and aquatic retailing is celebrating its 40th birthday. Established in the summer of 1972 by Christina and Dennis Westbrook and now run by their daughter Karen, Fin & Fur, of Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire, prides…

11 July

Pet crematorium recognised by trading standards

A Hampshire pet crematorium is celebrating after receiving the seal of approval from the county’s trading standards office. Dignity Pet Crematorium, of Winchfield, near Hook, is the only such crematorium in Hampshire to be recognised by trading standards and accepted into the county’s ‘Buy With Confidence’ scheme, which provides consumers…

6 July

Jubilee lifts early-June footfall

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee provided an increase in footfall for non-food stores, according to the latest Retail Traffic Index (RTI). However the RTI, compiled by Ipsos Retail Performance, showed that there was no ‘bounce’ effect, as there had been following 2011’s royal wedding, with mid-June’s shop visitor figures regulating as…

5 July

Theo Paphitis gives Eco Dog Company a Twitter boost

Entrepreneur and TV star of Dragon’s Den Theo Paphitis has given Eco Dog Company a Twitter boost by re-tweeting a message that the owner had sent him. Hayley Oxenham, owner of Eco Dog Company, tweeted Paphitis during Small Business Sunday, a weekly initiative set up by Paphitis himself. He re-tweets…

5 July

The Deep celebrates Olympics with torch of its own

A Hull aquarium that recently welcomed the Olympic torch on its national relay has commemorated the occasion with an unusual exhibition of glowing, torch-like coral. The Deep, a registered charity dedicated to conservation and education and one of the deepest aquariums in the world, installed the Euphyllia glabrescens ‘torch coral’…

3 July

Retailers urged to make final checks to maximise Olympic trade

With the Olympics less than a month away, retailers are being urged to review their in-store and online offering to ensure they are ready to maximise the potential sales brought by Olympic visitors. Despite mixed feelings within the sector about the impact of the Games, research by Verdict in 2011…