Covid
Covid-19 had a profound and lasting impact on the UK pet industry, reshaping consumer habits, retail operations, and supply chain resilience. Under this tag, Pet Gazette explores how pet shops, distributors, and petcare brands navigated lockdown restrictions, staffing challenges, product shortages, and evolving customer expectations. We also report on the post-Covid trading landscape โ including lasting shifts towards online sales, changes in in-store footfall, altered buying patterns, and recovery strategies. Coverage is tailored to support pet retailers and supply chain professionals adapting to the sectorโs ongoing evolution in the wake of the pandemic.
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Jun- 2020 -17 JuneIndustry News
Lockdown has led to a 95% increase in social e-commerce, research reveals
Lockdown has led to a 95% increase in social ecommerce, according to new research by Parcelhero. The home delivery firm has predicted that a fifth of Brits have become โsocial shoppersโ during the Covid-19 pandemic as many consumers have been using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Google…
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16 JuneRetailers
Covid-19 to add ยฃ5.3bn to UK e-commerce in 2020
The surge in online shopping caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to add ยฃ5.3bn to UK e-commerce sales this year, to reach a total of ยฃ78.9bn. This is according to analysts at Edge Retail Insight, the global trend forecasting arm of retail insights firm Edge by Ascential, which have…
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16 JuneFeatures
How pet retailers and brands can learn and adapt after Covid-19
Monitor consumer behaviour and adapt accordingly Itโs more important than ever to closely monitor consumer behaviour. As expected, there has been a massive shift to online retail, both with direct to consumer, and via retail sites, with consumers taking advantage of the ability to order and have it delivered direct…
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15 JuneRetailers
Usdaw urges public to โrespect shopworkersโ as shops are allowed to reopen
Shopworkers unionย Usdawย has urged customers to respect staff and employers to ensure safety in stores, as shops are allowed to reopen from today (15 June). The news comesย as Usdaw released statistics revealing one in six shop workers have suffered abuse on every shift, during the coronavirus pandemic. The statistics revealed 62%…
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12 JuneIndustry News
Pet food retailer to move to largest premises of their kind
A pet food retailer has finalised a deal to secure a move into a former supermarket in Hampshire, creating the biggest pet food store store of its kind in the country.ย Healthy Pet Store, which specialises in healthy, frozen meals for cats and dogs, is now set to take over…
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12 JuneEconomy
UK GDP slumps over 20% in April as full impact of Covid-19 is felt
GDP slumped by 20.4% in April 2020, following a fall of 5.8% in March, according to the latest figures from theย Officeย for National Statistics (ONS). It is the biggest monthly fall since the ONSโ series began in 1997, with the measure also falling by 10.4% in the three months to April…
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12 JuneFeatures
How your pet business can get the most out of PPC marketing as consumer trends shift
As a business owner you’ll know that, in order to succeed, you need to be willing to adapt to shifts in consumer trends. This applies to everything from the products you stock to the way you choose to market your company. Everything from seasonality to current affairs can have a…
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11 JuneCoronavirus
WSAVA World Congress 2020 postponed until 2021
Organisers of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) have postponed its 2020 World Congress due to the Covid-19 pandemic.ย The global event was scheduled to be held in Warsaw, Poland, from 23-26 September, in collaboration with the Federation of Companion Animal Veterinary Associations (FECAVA) and the Polish Small Animal…
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11 JuneCharities
Linnaeus donates thousands to animal charities
Practices across veterinary group Linnaeus have collectively donated ยฃ75,000 to charities affected by the pandemic this year. The group, which operates 39 primary care practices and 11 referral centres, made the decision to donate alongside its parent company Mars Veterinary Health Group. The total sum has been split across the…
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11 JuneRetailers
Vetoquinol to acquire Profender & Drontal
Global animal health company, Vetoquinol, has announced the European Commission (EC) has approved the proposed acquisition of Bayerโs Animal Health Division by Elanco Animal Health. This EC decision is conditional on the divestment of several products, including the Profender and Drontal product families, as well as the related pipeline assets,…
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