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- 2017 -13 JulyCurrent Affairs
Birmingham Dogs Home celebrates 125th anniversary
Birmingham Dogs Home is celebrating 125 years of rehoming dogs across the West Midlands and South Staffordshire. Since the charity was founded in 1892, it has rescued, reunited and rehomed more than 100,000 dogs. The charity launched in 1892 when land was made available by Sir Alfred Gooch Bart in…
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11 JulyCurrent Affairs
Pet shop launches new ‘digital experience’
Pets at Home has announced the launch of Sales Assist, an IBM MobileFirst for iOS app for iPad. The app offers a unique omni-channel experience for pet owners, including a large network of stores, brand websites, exclusive products, and pet services through vet practices and grooming salons. Previously, customers who…
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11 JulyCurrent Affairs
Classroom pets are on the decline
There are fewer pets in UK classroom compared to previous generations, new research shows. More than half of the parents surveyed by Pets at Home (51 percent) had a class pet as a child, compared to 46 percent of children today – and nearly 1 in 5 (17 percent) of…
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Jun- 2017 -26 JuneCurrent Affairs
Retailer launches new ‘find my pet’ app
Pets at Home has launched an innovative 24 hour pet finding service, Find My VIP, that allows lost pet alerts to be sent via the Pets at Home app, making printing off lost pet posters a thing of the past. The app works by using Pets at Home’s VIP Club,…
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May- 2017 -26 MayCurrent Affairs
Vet services boost Pets at Home growth
Pets at Home has seen its profits jump, following a strong performance from its veterinary service and new store openings. Like-for-like revenue growth rose 1.5 percent and services climbed by 7.9 percent. The company’s veterinary services were the key to its success. Total income from Joint Venture vet practices increased by 24.6…
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23 MayIndustry News
Shoplifter claimed puppy was dead to get money
A shoplifter duped a pet shop out of £130 when she claimed her puppy had died. The unidentified woman visited Pets at Home in Arun Retail Park and began to take items off the shelves before heading to the till. She then told the shop assistant that her puppy had died…
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17 MayCurrent Affairs
Pet care sees internet retailing boom
Internet retailing is the fastest growing channel in the pet care market. New data from Euromonitor International reports global growth of nearly 90 percent. As more people than ever enjoy internet access, customers are increasingly buying pet products at a click of a button. The market intelligence publisher attributes the boom to round-the-clock…
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Apr- 2017 -10 AprilCurrent Affairs
Kittyrama appears in Vogue magazine
Kittyrama, the producer of award winning silicon cat collars, has been featured within British Vogue magazine. Director and founder Carolina Ballon-Forrester, said: “Kittyrama’s patented cat collars are proving to be a hit amongst cat owners that are looking for a stylish, safe and very comfy companion to their cat’s furrytales.…
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Mar- 2017 -31 MarchEvents
Defra minister visits Pets at Home
A Defra minister visited Pets at Home’s New Malden store to learn more about the National Invasive Species Week. Lord Gardiner, who is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, visited the pet superstore to see what the industry is doing to promote the ‘no…
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24 MarchCurrent Affairs
Watchdog Pets at Home feature seriously breached Guidelines
The BBC Trust, has found that a 2015 Watchdog programme featuring Pets at Home was in serious breach of the BBC’s own Editorial Guidelines. It found that the feature lacked accuracy and had failed to be impartial or fair in its portrayal of the company. Concluding its report, the BBC…
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