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News

International Pet Conference PFMA releases latest
postponed to 2022 pet population data

The global coronavirus pandemic carefree meeting at international The British Pet Food Manufac- 1.5 mio reptiles. There are also 5
situation is forcing a rethink of level will be possible,” says Ralf turers Association (PFMA) has mio aquariums. This equates to
everything this year. Unfortu- Majer-Abele, editor-in-chief of released its annual pet popula- 17 mio households responsible
nately, the planning security for PET worldwide. tion data, confirming that 3.2 for a pet’s welfare.
an international event like the In- To replace the postponed In- mio households in the UK have According to the PFMA, over
ternational Pet Conference is not ternational Pet Conference, the Advertisement a third (38 per cent) of new own-
yet in place. PET worldwide and its two organisers are planning a ers claimed that having a new
partner, the Handelsblatt Media new Heimtier-Kongress for the .de pet was like having a new baby.
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Group, are therefore postponing German-speaking market on 5 ... natural healthy! Largely driven by Gen Z and Mil-
the International Pet Conference and 6 October 2021.The event lennials, 59 per cent of new own-
for another year to 11-12 October will be held in German. ers are aged 16-34 and 56 per
2022. Further details of the pro- acquired a pet since the start of cent of new pet owners have chil-
The venue of Bologna in It- gramme and its implementation, the pandemic. dren at home.
aly will remain unchanged. “We taking account of coronavirus-re- There are now 34 mio pets Although 74 per cent claim
hope that the situation will have lated regulations, are available in the UK including 12 mio cats their pet has helped their mental
normalised by then, so that a at www.heimtierkongress.de. and 12 mio dogs, 3.2 mio small health through the pandemic,
mammals such as guinea pigs the study raises pet welfare con-
and hamsters, 3 mio birds and cerns.

JRS pet care division to be

Photo: geralt, Pixabay separated off

The pet care business
unit of the JRS group of
companies is being re-
organised. With effect
from 1 April, the divi-
Maxi Zoo opens Europe’s first sion will became a sep-
small format arate company called
JRS Petcare. With this
Maxi Zoo Italia has opened its The small store has been change JRS aims to
first small store in the centre of opened with the aim of diversi- satisfy the growing
Milan with an innovative format. fying Maxi Zoo’s presence in the demands and require-
This was reported by the Italian market with a new way of meet- ments of the market
online newsletter Pet 2B2 in its ing end customers based on the better in the future as
latest edition. concept of the proximity store, a forward-looking B2C
The shop is characterised by according to Pet B2B. trading partner, according to a JRS Petcare says it is on course
its small size (150 m ) and se- The format addresses those company press release. to grow further.
2
lect assortment (3 000 units) as who live in the area without hav- As a manufacturer of well-
compared with an average Maxi ing to use their car and those known brands such as Cat’s
Zoo store. Further small-format who prefer easier access points Best and Chipsi, as well as a Michael Bodfeld, head of
shops will be opened in Bologna for quick, frequent shopping supplier of private label prod- international sales and marketing
pet care, is happy with the
and in Milan. trips. ucts to many large retail groups, organisational changes.

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