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Bauhaus Spain introduces ZG Raiffeisen expands cooperative
pet range ventures

The German DIY store operator and 150 m in Plenilunio (Ali- The ZG Raiffeisen Group, based but also other parts of Germany.
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Bauhaus is introducing a pet cante). in Karlsruhe in south-western So far this year, 20 more new con-
range in Spain. Focusing ini- Plans are in hand to extend Germany, continued to do well tracts have been signed.
tially on the dog and cat seg- the new pet assortment to all in the 2021 financial year with ZG Raiffeisen also has high
ments, the company will offer branches in the country. It is its strategy of focusing more on expectations for its cooperation
pet food and accessories such not envisaged that pets will be regionalisation. For example, with the Fenaco Group from Swit-
as hygiene products, toys, dog offered for sale, according to the HGD joint venture operated zerland, which is known among
beds and blankets on approx. Bauhaus Spain in response to a with RWA in Vienna has devel- other things for its Landi stores
125 m in Paterna (Valencia) query from PET worldwide. oped into a success story with there. For this purpose, the joint
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a sales volume of approximately venture Landwelt GmbH was
200 mio euros since its launch in founded last summer. From 2023,
2018, emphasised Lukas Roßhart, Roßhart says, ZG and Fenaco
board member of ZG Raiffeisen, want to launch the first joint stores
at the company’s annual press in southwest Germany. These will
conference. According to Roßhart, be based on the successful con-
HGD already has more than 800 cept of the Landi locations, but
stores as contract customers in are to be supplemented by com-
Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, ponents from ZG Raiffeisen.
Photo: Bauhaus

The new pet segment of Bauhaus Spain focuses initially on the dog and
cat categories.

New distribution centre

Pet Supplies Plus, a leading pet the governor, Henry McMaster. It
retailer in the USA with more is the fourth distribution centre
than 600 stores, is establishing nationwide for Pet Supplies Plus
a distribution centre in Orange- and will increase the company’s
burg County in South Carolina. distribution capabilities across
The move will bring in nearly the south. The new building is ex-
300 new jobs, according to a pected to open in 2023. In the 2021 financial year, sales in the Raiffeisen Markets business unit,
news release from the office of including the stores in France, were increased by 11.4 per cent to 135.3
mio euros.

Nobby starts direct sales in
Belgium and France

The German pet supplier Nobby been terminated. At the Anido
has now started direct selling trade fair in Kortrijk, Belgium,
in order to supply the Belgian the sales representative respon-
and French pet market. The pre- sible for the Belgian and French
With more than 600 stores, Pet Supplies Plus is a leading pet retailer in the vious cooperation with a Bel- markets, Alexandre Duhan, was
USA. gian wholesale company has introduced.

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