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Growth across

all channels

For the 2021 financial year, UK specialist retail chain Pets at
Home has announced group sales growth to GBP 1 142.8 mio

(approximately 1 330 mio euros).

At the end of April, the Pets at withstanding a second national mio, while the number shopping
Home Group announced its re- closure in England. “The UK pet across more than one channel
sults for the 52-week period end- market has grown substantially was +10 per cent. The members
ing 25 March 2021. “The figures as home and hybrid workers seek of the puppy and kitten clubs
represent another step on our to add pets to their family unit to grew +61 per cent year on year
journey to becoming the best pet combat stress, reduce loneliness to the highest level on record. The
retailer in the world,” the special- and aid exercise,” says Ross Hin- number of subscription custom-
ist retail group stated in a press dle, analyst at Third Bridge on ers is now over 1 mio, generating
release. With the growth of the Pets at Home’s results announce- GBP 90 mio in visible, recurring
entire group to GBP 1 142.8 mil- ment. customer sales.
lion (previous year: GBP 1 058.8 “We ended this unprecedented
million), retail sales rose to over Pet care strategy year a far stronger pet care busi-
GBP 1 bn for the first time and re- driving growth ness. Despite challenges to how
corded growth of 8.7 per cent – Pets at Home continued to fo- we were able to do business, we
despite Covid-related restrictions, cus on customer acquisition, grew our market share across
the company points out. retention, and increasing the all channels and our underlying
Group-wide like-for-like (LFL) share of wallet of the existing growth trajectory accelerated,”
sales growth is reported at 8.7 customer base. The number of CEO Peter Pritchard concludes.
The group runs 452 stores and 316
per cent and 17 per cent on a VIPs increased 9 per cent to 6.2 n grooming salons.
two-year basis. Retail LFL sales
growth is put at 8.8 per cent and
17.3 per cent on a two-year basis.
Omnichannel sales growth is re-
ported by the Pets at Home Group
at 71.7 per cent and 119 per cent
on a two-year basis. For the vet-
erinary group, LFL sales growth
is reported at 1.6 per cent.
Underlying the positive figures
is strong LFL retail sales growth
in the second half of the year of
11.9 per cent, reflecting broad-
based growth across all catego-
ries and channels, including 4.9
per cent LFL growth in shops, not-

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