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News

Sera affected by Ever Given
Personnel grounding

Giorgio Massoni has taken over as head of the veterinary channel The Ever Given, now probably the spring a surprise, but we had
at Arcaplanet. In this role, he will mainly pursue a project focused world’s most well-known con- naturally not reckoned with an
on developing collaboration with veterinarians, veterinary schools tainer ship, may be ready to sail event such as this,” said Cora
and major professional associations. This is according to a again but remains impounded in Laudien, press spokesperson
report in the Italian online industry magazine Pet B2B. Giorgio Egypt due to a stand-off between for Sera. “We cannot give any
Massoni joins from Monge, where he was sales manager of the the ship’s operators and the Egyp- reliable delivery forecast, unfor-
speciality trade channel for four years. tian authorities. tunately. The second batch was
What does this have to do commissioned immediately, but
with the pet supplies sector? The will probably not reach us before
At the annual general meeting of Zooplus, the shareholders ap- containers on board the vessel, the first delivery.”
proved the appointment of Karl-Heinz Holland and David Shriver numbering over 18 000, also in- The automatic feeder was
to the supervisory board and the re-election of long-standing clude the first shipment of Sera’s one of Sera’s new products for
board members Moritz Greve and Dr Norbert Stoeck. The com- new automatic feeders, meaning Interzoo. It retained its slot at
mittee then named Karl-Heinz Holland as the new chairman of the delivery date has had to be the digital fair in spite of the sup-
the supervisory board. Previous board chairman Christian Stahl postponed. “Pre-sales of the X- ply issues and should hopefully
and board member Ulric Jerome saw their terms of office come Feeder have been excellent. Dur- be available in pet stores soon,
to an end on conclusion of the 2021 general meeting. ing the coronavirus in particular, according to the aquatics com-
hardly anything seems likely to pany.

Johannes Grau, founder of the German
company Grau Spezialtiernahrung, passed
away on 9 May at the age of 81. The news Partnership with Shop Fully
was announced by the company. He is sur-
The Maxi Zoo Italy pet store chain, need to enjoy a seamless shop-
vived by his wife Geery and their two daugh-
a company in the Fressnapf ping experience.
ters Gerti and Hélène and their families.
Group, has concluded a part- For Maxi Zoo, this partner-
Johannes and Geery Grau founded their
nership with Shop Fully. Shop ship marks a new step in its de-
company in 1987 and handed over the management to daughter
Fully is a digital marketplace velopment strategy to link the
Gerti in 1992. She runs the company together with Jan Kroeske. that already assists more than digital and physical world more
With grandson Christian Schäuble, the third family generation 50 million people in finding of- closely. The new store openings
is already on board. fers from stores in their vicinity planned for this year are also to
along with the information they be given this support.
Mars Pet Nutrition Europe has appointed
Helen Warren-Piper as chief growth officer
of Pet Nutrition Europe. In her new role, she
will continue to be part of the European lead-
ership team and will lead the demand
strategy for Pet Nutrition Europe.
Helen Warren Piper has been general man-
ager for Mars Pet Nutrition UK for the last two years. Following
her move upwards, Kim Smet, currently sales director for Mars
Pet Nutrition UK, will step into the role as interim general man-
ager of Mars Pet Nutrition UK. For Maxi Zoo, this partnership marks a new step in its development
strategy to link the digital and physical world more closely.

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