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Dog products
Accessories for dogs are a real
sales driver and a wide variety of
products is on sale. In the picture: a
display at Anido in Belgium.
A changing market
Canine accessory products generate sales, and sales are con-
tinuing to rise. Sustainability and problems with supply chains
have given rise to new market trends, however.
Products made from sustainable If truth be told, dogs don’t actu- even their owner’s old shoe. In re- or whistling noises, are authentic
materials and regionally produced ally need bought toys. Entire gen- ality, however, garish toys of all sales drivers in the pet product
items, including dog beds and pet erations of canines have found shapes and sizes, both ugly and trade. They are off-the-shelf prod-
houses in particular, are growing in happiness in the form of a piece attractive, made mostly of rubber- ucts that end up in virtual or ac-
importance. of coarse rope, an old football or like plastic and making squeaking tual shopping baskets mostly as
impulse buys and these are sales
that no pet supplies retailer wants
to miss out on.
The price range is at least as
wide as the assortment. Every-
thing is obtainable, from oft-cited
“penny items” to premium prod-
ucts. Dog trainers use selected
toys for training purposes, and it
isn’t only at Christmas that one’s
four-legged friend gets excited
about a gift-wrapped article.
Games of skill and puzzle
games especially are reliable
sellers all year round. The latter
are mostly manufactured from
natural materials like wood.
Along with healthy reward treats,
they help to build long-lasting re-
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