High Street
The high street remains a vital battleground for pet retailers, balancing in-person service with growing digital competition. Pet Gazette covers the role of independent pet shops, regional chains, and national retailers on UK high streets — reporting on shop openings and closures, rent pressures, footfall trends, and evolving customer expectations. We also examine localised marketing strategies, product merchandising, and how high street stores adapt to omni-channel retail. For wholesalers and suppliers, this tag offers visibility into the challenges and opportunities facing brick-and-mortar stockists across towns and cities.
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May- 2016 -17 MayRetailers
Pets Corner starts PamPurredPets rebrand
Pet retailer, Pets Corner, has followed its acquisition of PamPurredPets’ stores with the announcement that the Ringwood shop will be the first to undergo a full rebrand. The High Street outlet will remain open to customers during the refit that will be undertaken during closing hours. The store will receive full…
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Mar- 2016 -17 MarchCurrent Affairs
BIRA welcomes key budget announcements
The British Independent Retailers Association (bira), which has been campaigning on the rates issue since 2011, welcomed key announcements in the Chancellor’s statement. The announcement will take 600,000 premises out of paying rates and benefit a further 250,000 above the threshold. This will help both the 64 percent of shops…
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10 MarchCurrent Affairs
Sunday trading law proposals defeated
Following the failure of the government’s proposals for Sunday trading hours to be relaxed, experts feel it is now time to reform the High Street in order to help it every day of the week. The Chancellor announced a “full review of the structure of business rates” fifteen months ago…
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Feb- 2016 -29 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
UK retail could lose 900,000 jobs by 2025
There may be as many as 900,000 fewer jobs in retail by 2025, according to a new report published by the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Although there may be less jobs it is thought those that remain will be higher earning and more productive. The reports also suggest that store…
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5 FebruaryEditorial
Revealed! Online supermarket Ocado owns high street pet store
From the outside, North London-based Paws & Purrs resembles an independent pet store. Financial website, This is Money, claims that bricks and mortar shop is, in fact, owned by the online retail giant Ocado. Ocado, which made pre-tax profits of £11.9m in the 12 months to 29 November last year,…
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Dec- 2015 -11 DecemberCurrent Affairs
Pets at Home opens its first ‘concept convenience’ store
Pets at Home has launched its first concept convenience store, targeting high street shoppers. Whiskers ‘n Paws opened in Dorking, Surrey on December 4. It focuses on the needs of cats and dogs and offers a range of services including grooming, bath and blow dry, puppy grooming and nail clipping. Wayne Kemp, group development…
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4 DecemberCurrent Affairs
Black Friday shoppers favoured online sales
Shoppers favoured online flash sales throughout 2015’s Black Friday weekend. The high street failed to draw a crowd, with retail analyst company Springboard noting a 9.6 percent year-over-year drop in footfall from November 27-29. Customers turned their attention to the web. PCA Predict reported a 12 percent increase in online traffic over the weekend. Retail parks were the only…
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Oct- 2015 -30 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Pooch & Mutt selected to work with The Times and Not On The High Street’s founder
Founder of Not On The High Street, Sophie Cornish, has selected Pooch & Mutt as one of five businesses to focus on and help grow as a Ready Business finalist, in conjunction with The Times. Guy Blaskey, founder of Pooch & Mutt pitched to four judges which included: notonthehighstreet.com founder…
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Jul- 2015 -29 JulyIndustry News
Core strengths at Pets At Home continue to drive growth
Pets at Home Group Plc today announces a Q1 FY16 trading update for the 16 week period from 27th March 2015 to 16 Financial summary: – Like-for-like revenue growth of 1.7% driven by Advanced Nutrition, VIP club, Services and Omnichannel, partially offset by a poor season for Health & Hygiene products and very hot…
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Jun- 2015 -19 JuneRetailers
New store for Pets Corner
Pet supply chain Pets Corner will be opening a brand new store on Horsell High Street in Woking. It begins trading on June 27 2015 and will be Pets Corner’s 96th store. Said Karl Golding, Store Manager: ‘Having grown from a small corner pet shop, Pets Corner, an independent family…
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