Pets at Home
Pets at Home is the UK’s largest petcare retailer and a major force shaping industry standards, pricing, and customer expectations. Pet Gazette reports on Pets at Home’s financial performance, store rollouts, brand partnerships, in-house product development, and supply chain strategy. We also cover its influence on market trends — from subscription services and veterinary integration to grooming, nutrition, and loyalty schemes. This tag offers valuable insight into how Pets at Home’s decisions affect competitors, wholesalers, and suppliers operating across the UK petcare trade.
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Jul- 2019 -15 JulyPet Owners
Pets at Home invests in dog-walking and pet-sitting service
Pet suppliers Pets at Home has invested in pet care provider Tailerster, to expand into the pet services market. Pets at Home will offer Tailster’s services to its 4.4 million active loyalty scheme customers, giving customers access to Tailster’s 26,000 registered carers across the country and technology enabling owners to…
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Jun- 2019 -13 JuneFunny
Pets at Home creates pet rap video for new subscription service
Pets at Home has launched a social-first campaign to advertise its new VIP Subscribe and Save flea treatment. The campaign shows two pets, K-9 and Lil Smudge, turn to rap music to tell customers there’s only one type of scratching in their home – the scratching on their decks –…
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May- 2019 -22 MayRetailers
Pets at Home revenues soar as retailer increases market share
Pets at Home has announced it has seen revenues soar in its full-year results to March 2019. Total group revenue at the pet retailer rose by 6.9% to £961m, while profit before tax rose by 6.1% year-on-year up to £89.7m. Revenue at the firm’s vet group jumped up by 13.1%…
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8 MayRetailers
Pets at Home launches new ‘Store of the Future’
Pet care retail chain Pets at Home has unveiled its new Store of the Future format in Stockport and Chesterfield following a multi-million pound investment. The new offering hopes to create a centre of “pet care excellence and exceptional customer service”, and put Pets at Home at the heart of…
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Apr- 2019 -11 AprilFeatures
Vet care consolidation: is the CMA about to intervene?
Rapid consolidation in the UK veterinary care market, with seven major chains now accounting for nearly half of all UK vet practices, has brought with it an increasing risk of intervention by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as concerns about local market monopolisation start to emerge. This could impact…
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3 AprilEvents
Vets urged to protect rabbits against RVHD2
The 13th annual Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) Protect and Prevent campaign is urging vets to raise awareness around the importance of vaccinations to protect rabbits against Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease type 2 (RVHD2) and other fatal diseases. This year’s RAW will take place between 1 -9 June. RVHD2 is a…
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2 AprilBusiness
Pure Pet Food receives £2m to ‘change pet food for the better’
Pure Pet Food, manufacturer of dehydrated and freeze dried pet food, has secured a £2m investment from NVM Private Equity (NVM) to accelerate its plans to make healthy choices for pet owners easy and accessible. The Yorkshire-based company formed by childhood friends Mathew Cockroft and Daniel Valdur Eha has quickly…
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Mar- 2019 -29 MarchCharities
Edgard & Cooper donates 100% of Crufts sales to Mayhew
At Edgard and Cooper’s third consecutive year at Crufts, the brand celebrated a four times increase in its takings which it donated to the Mayhew Animal Home. The brand, which said its growth “exceeded 120% in 2018, it showcased its expanded product range at the event which now includes food…
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7 MarchManufacturers
FURminator launches ‘new and improved’ product range
FURminator, the total pet grooming brand, has announced its relaunch which includes a new and enhanced range of products and improved packaging. As 76% of owners claim to prefer grooming their pets at home versus using professional services, the new range aims to further support pet owners’ grooming needs with…
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Nov- 2018 -29 NovemberCurrent Affairs
A challenging retail environment
The last few months have been tough for UK retailers and with pressure on the high street unlikely to let up any time soon, factors such as Brexit, rising costs and online competition have left British merchants with little to celebrate. Although the macroeconomic picture seems to have improved more…
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