Retailers

Nov- 2021 -

4 November

PrettyLittleThing launches dog Christmas advent calendar

PrettyLittleThing has announced the launch of a new Christmas dog advent calendar. The calendar contains 24 treats and is made from a 3mm card that measures 40.5 x 45 cm and features two support shelves. Also included in the calendar are 24 red elastic tags and two sticky pads for…

3 November

Pets at Home CEO to step down

Pets at Home has announced that Peter Pritchard, after eleven years in the business, intends to step down from his role as CEO and director of the company next summer. This follows the “successful turnaround” of the business, in which he developed the group’s pet care plan in support of…

Oct- 2021 -

29 October

Burns Pet Nutrition to launch new TV campaign

Burns Pet Nutrition has revealed it is set to launch a new national TV and digital advertising campaign, across Sky and ITV. The campaign will air during ITV’s The Pet Show, hosted by Dermot O’Leary and Joanna Page. The initiative is being launched to help educate new dog owners about…

28 October

Jollyes acquires The Pet Store chain in Yorkshire

Pet retailer Jollyes has announced it is set to acquire The Pet Store and its three Yorkshire stores for an undisclosed sum. The Pet Store currently employs 10 colleagues who will now join the 720-strong workforce across the Jollyes UK network. Jollyes said the three stores will complement its existing…

21 October

Bella and Duke launches Christmas range

Pet food subscription company Bella and Duke has announced the launch of a new Christmas range from 1 November 2021. The new festive range features the limited-edition turkey and cranberry meal as well as an advent calendar which includes chicken coins, chicken snowdrops, duck snowdrops and turkey stars. Mark Scott,…

21 October

Jollyes to recruit 150 young people across stores

Jollyes has outlined new plans to recruit 150 young people to work in its stores. The pet goods retailer said it is looking for staff who will gain a wide range of retail experience as customer advisers, including looking after pets in sites that sell live animals, and assistant groomers…

20 October

Rogz expands UK presence with new warehouse

South African pet accessories brand Rogz, has confirmed that it will be expanding its presence in the UK through operating out of a new warehouse. Having been present in the UK for almost 20 years, the change, which was always on the cards, was brought forward, mainly due to Brexit.…

19 October

Laughing Dog launches Christmas range

Laughing Dog has announced the launch of its new Christmas range which features mini puddings and pink macaron gifts for dogs. The collection also comprises festive wreaths and hand-decorated ‘Merry Christmas’ baked biscuit bones. The macarons are strawberry and peanut butter flavour baked biscuits with a retail price of £4.00…

15 October

Rosewood Pet Products raises over £7,000 for charity

Rosewood Pet Products has revealed that it has raised £7,750 for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, following a sample sale held at its headquarters in Hortonwood, Telford. The event which took place this September surpassed last year’s amount raised by over £2,000. Customers had the chance to choose from a range…

14 October

DoGood unleashes eco-friendly packaging

Plant-based dog food company, DoGood based in Woking, Surrey has announced that it unleashed carbon-balanced packaging to match its product’s eco-credentials. In collaboration with Newton Print, the start-up used its sampling service and low minimum order volumes to produce printed cardboard sleeves made from certified FSC cardboard for the dog…