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1995, will leave the retailer. Fop- caplanet, Galante held the role
piani was CEO of Arcaplanet for as COO and as CEO of the de- Join us at
a number of years and played a partment stores at the Central Interzoo 2022
significant part in the growth of Group in Thailand. He was also
the chain, which has nearly 400 president of central retail at this Hall 6, Stand 140
stores. He is well respected in company. Strati was previously Nuremberg, 24-27 May
Italy and will reportedly take a CFO at illy Caffè. In his 25-year
leading appointment in the food career, he filled the position of
retailing sector in the future. CFO in Fila and Moleskine. He
Arcaplanet has appointed has a wealth of experience in fi-
Nicolò Galante as chief execu- nance, M&A and capital markets,
tive officer (CEO) and Alessan- according to Arcaplanet.
dro Strati as chief financial of- Cinven, majority shareholder
ficer (CFO). Prior to joining Ar- of the Arcaplanet chain, and
Fressnapf, Europe’s leading pet
store chain and the third-big-
gest player in the Italian pet sup-
plies market with Maxi Zoo Ita-
lia, agreed last June to create a
new joint corporate group. Cin-
ven was to receive a holding of
petsafe.com
between 60 and 65 per cent and
Fressnapf would have between
30 and 35 per cent. At the end
of November, the competition
authority blocked the merger be-
cause the new company would
have a market share of 60 to 65
per cent. This would have been a
“significant obstacle to competi- The Latin American market
tion in retail outlets for pet prod- is ready for you!
ucts”. The formation of the new
Arcaplanet Group is now home
and dry with the authority’s rul-
ing in March. It remains to be
seen whether a new retailer will
become established in Italy and
gain a stronger foothold in the
market with the 70 stores to be
surrendered. These stores may
end up with existing players in
the pet retail sector. n

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