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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Sep- 2014 -8 SeptemberTrade Organisations
PFMA Launches New Award to Recognise Initiatives to ‘GetPetsFit’
The Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association (PFMA) is delighted to announce a new award to acknowledge the great work undertaken by organisations to ‘getpetsfit’ through promoting weight management and fitness. The inaugural GetPetsFit Award will look for the most innovative and educational initiative, which has helped pets improve both their waistline…
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Apr- 2014 -8 AprilRetailers
Independents’ Day campaign set for July 4
The National Skills Academy for Retail and People 1st has launched its 4th annual Independents’ Day campaign. Celebrating the contribution independent businesses make to the UK, the campaign culminates on July 4 when the public are encouraged to make use of independent businesses. Last year thousands of businesses in over…
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Jun- 2013 -11 JuneEvents
Oster presents the PPRA Young Retailer of the Year awards
The 2013 Young Pet Retailer of the Year Award, sponsored by Oster Animal Care Products, has been announced as Lucy Codner of Pets Corner, Devon, at the recent BIRA High Street Conference. Lucy was presented with her award, on behalf of Oster, by Bobbi Davy at a packed gala awards…
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Apr- 2013 -4 AprilEvents
Independents’ Day and Independent Retailer Month unite
This year’s ‘Independents’ Day’ campaign has kicked-off with the news that it will be supported by the Independent Retailer Month. To be held on 4 July, the third annual Independents’ Day is a nationwide event designed to get the public to visit independent retailers they may have previously overlooked. By…
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Mar- 2013 -18 MarchEvents
Nationwide Easter egg hunt planned to tackle declining footfall
Fifty-six UK towns will launch the ‘Enjoy an Independent Easter’ campaign on 23 March in a bid to encourage more shoppers into town centres. Over 1,100 retailers will participate in the event, created by ‘retail champion’ Clare Rayner to reward consumers for taking the time to visit their local, independent…
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4 MarchCurrent Affairs
EU legislation puts aquatic industry in the firing line
The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA) has called on all aquatic retailers to spread the ‘Be Plant Wise’ message as it awaits draft invasives legislation from the European Union (EU). The draft regulation, which comes out for consultation in the coming months, could have an enormous impact on what can…
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Feb- 2013 -27 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
Retail sales growth continues but momentum slows
Retailers reported a year-on-year growth in sales volumes in the first half of February, the CBI has revealed. In its latest Distributive Trades Survey, which covers the first two weeks of February, the CBI revealed that 37 per cent of retailers saw an increase in sales volume in the year…
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19 FebruaryRetailers
Britain’s shop vacancy rates reduce in 2012
The shop vacancy rate average in Great Britain reduced during 2012, reports the Local Data Company’s (LDC). In its latest shop vacancy report, More Clicks, Less Bricks, the LDC analysed more than 275,000 retails and leisure premises across nearly 2,000 retail centres to find that the shop vacancy rate in…
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19 February
Britain’s shop vacancy rates reduce in 2012
The shop vacancy rate average in Great Britain reduced during 2012, reports the Local Data Company’s (LDC). In its latest shop vacancy report, More Clicks, Less Bricks, the LDC analysed more than 275,000 retails and leisure premises across nearly 2,000 retail centres to find that the shop vacancy rate in…
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12 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
Retail spend predicted to rise 26 per cent by 2022
Retail spend will rise to £377 billion over the next decade, a new report has suggested. With a rise in discretionary income and the emergence of the “considered consumer”, Hammerson’s The Reshaping of Retail report suggests that retail spend will increase 26 per cent over the next 10 years. Collaborating…
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