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Pets at Home grows by 18 per cent Pet Store Conad on course
for expansion
In the third quarter of its fiscal Pets at Home also reported
2021, spanning the period from that the company was ranked Italian pet store chain Pet Store report in the online industry maga-
9 October to 31 December, the 51st out of 850 European com-
Conad has announced that it zine Pet B2B, the company plans
leading UK pet chain Pets at panies in the Financial Times Di-
achieved turnover of around 40 to expand the number of stores
Home increased its sales by 18 versity Leaders Report and had million euros last year. In addi- to up to 80 in the current year. In
per cent to GBP 302 mio. Like- the most improved rank of all tion, 26 new stores were opened addition, the sales areas are to
for-like growth was 17.6 per cent. constituents with regard to its during the year. Pet Store Conad be enlarged in order to be able
While retail sales growth of 17.5 focus on diversity and inclusion. thus operated a total of 68 outlets to offer customers more services
per cent was achieved, sales in Across the retail sector, Pets at
at the end of 2020. According to a and a larger selection of products.
the veterinary category rose by Home was ranked 7th out of a
as much as 22.1 per cent. total of 85 constituents.
Pets at Home acquires
Correction The Vet Connection

In the report “Nestlé Purina Pet- in PET worldwide 5-6/2020, a The leading British pet retailer Pets spend more time indoors because of
care plans to open new factory” photograph of a production at Home has bought veterinary tel- the coronavirus pandemic. The Vet
plant belonging to the ehealth firm The Vet Connection for Connection describes itself as the
Beaphar company was £15 mio. The Cheshire-based pet leading telehealth provider in Great
shown by mistake. The supplier has experienced an ex- Britain, having provided over one mil-
correct image, taken ceptionally good year following a lion consultations since its founding,
ahead of the opening growth in demand for pets as people and around 90 000 a year currently.
of the new US company
Nestlé Purina Petcare in
Eden, North Carolina, Emefin Group takes over Animalis
therefore features in The Belgian trading group Louis gun through targeted investments,
this issue.
Delhaize (including Cora and particularly in e-commerce.
This is where the new Match) has sold the French pet Emefin is mainly active in
plant in Eden, North
Carolina, is to be built. retail chain Animalis to the Peru- South America, Spain and Italy.
vian Emefin investor group with ef-
fect from the beginning of 2021,
Bethowen opens new-generation reports the B2B retail trade maga-

store zine LSA. With the sale, Louis Del-
haize intends to concentrate on its
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The Bethowen pet store chain has core business of grocery stores,
opened a store based on a new e-commerce and garden centres.
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concept in Moscow. The new store ... natural healthy! Animalis operates 40 large-
is located in the Vodny Stadion scale pet stores in France and
shopping centre to the north of recently reported sales of almost Animalis operates 40 stores
Moscow. Zooinform reported. One exam- 90 mio euro. According to LSA, in France.
“It’s a new concept store de- ple are the videos on monitors the president of Animalis, Jean- The group owns 250 pet stores,
signed with trendy, serene col- showing puppies and kittens Philippe Darnault, will remain including the Spanish specialist
ours, natural materials and new that are up for adoption. The new with the company. The pet retailer retail chains Kiwoko and Tiend-
ergonomics ideas for the retail store also includes a veterinary intends to continue the restructur- animal in Spain, as well as 110
space,” the online magazine clinic. ing process that has already be- veterinary clinics.

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