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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Mar- 2018 -21 MarchEvents
Pets at Home continues ban on rabbit muesli sales
Pets at Home is maintaining its ban on selling rabbit muesli in its 440 stores. Removing this food from a rabbit’s diet is the key campaign theme for RAW’s 2018 activity, which runs from 2 – 10 June. ‘Move Away from Museli’ was selected as the theme by the group because it…
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19 MarchIndustry News
Catipilla teams up with Pets at Home
Catipilla, a UK start-up based in Buckinghamshire, has entered into a retail agreement with Pets at Home and is moving into full-scale commercial production. The company has developed a climbing frame that helps cats to climb walls. Founded at the start of 2017, Catipilla’s idea is simple – to replicate a natural environment and…
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19 MarchIndustry News
Pets at Home stops Easter rabbit sales
Pets at Home’s has made the decision to stop the sale of rabbits and adoption of rabbits at its 440 stores during this Easter Period. The retailer is instead holding a series of free workshops this Easter. Attendees can get up close and personal and learn some fun facts about…
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13 MarchIndustry News
Message to pet trade delivered at weight management congress
Over 100 veterinary professional delegates from throughout the UK and Ireland and as far afield as mainland Europe, Canada and Mexico gathered for ROYAL CANIN’s first Weight Management Congress in Nottingham recently. Although the event itself was aimed at vets and vet nurses, there was also a clear message for…
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5 MarchCurrent Affairs
Appeal launched after woman bitten by dog in pet store
Officers are appealing for information after a dog bit a Poole woman as she walked into a pet store. At around 5.48pm on Friday 26 January 2018 a 43-year-old woman walked toward the entrance of Pets at Home on Redlands Poole Retail Park at Branksome. As she approached the door…
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Jan- 2018 -25 JanuaryRetailers
KKR sells off remaining Pets at Home stake
American private equity firm KKR has sold off its remaining 12.3 percent stake in Pets at Home. This amounted to 62 million shares in the pet supplies retailer, which fell 2.65 percent in London trading. Shares were worth 174p each at the time, raising £108m. Merrill Lynch International and Numis…
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18 JanuaryRetailers
Pets at Home closes all of its Barkers stores
Pets at Home has confirmed the closure of all seven of its Barkers stores across the country by the end of March. Pets at Home opened seven Barkers stores across the country in Bristol, Surrey, West Yorkshire, Marlow, London, Kent and Wilmslow. The shops were dog-centric outlets, offering toys, accessories,…
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8 JanuaryCelebrities
Disney and the Royal family influence 2017’s top pet names
The most popular pet names for new animal companions in the UK are Charlie, Poppy and Bella for the second year in a row, according to figures from Pets at Home. Pets at Home surveyed new additions to its VIP Club – which has six million members – and found…
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Nov- 2017 -28 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Pets at Home CEO resigns
Pets at Home Group Plc has announced that Ian Kellett, group chief executive officer (CEO) has decided to leave the Board. The company has stated that this is due to “his desire to step away from corporate life and pursue his own personal business interests”. Peter Pritchard, currently CEO of retail,…
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17 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Pets at Home opens new store within Tesco Extra
Pets at Home has partnered with Tesco to open a new store within the supermarket chain’s Durham branch. The store officially opened on 11 November at Tesco Extra on Durham’s Dragonville Industrial Estate. It includes a pet pharmacy which will provide a large range of health care products including supplements,…
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