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The Global Pet Expo, an annual event organised by APPA in The top 10
conjunction with PIDA, is one of the world’s leading pet product ranking of home
trade shows. improvement
retailers
Golden Doodle, Scott perceives future. Other growth drivers for
plenty of growth potential in the him are the increasing desire for Statistics Home Improvement Retail
pet industry. This is a reasonable ever more individualised products
proposition, as the US pet supplies and services. He also views the The European DIY sector in figures
sector grew rapidly during the wide-ranging possibilities of pets and analyses.
Covid-19 pandemic in particular. improving the work-life balance of
Overall sales in 2021 amounted their owners as exciting. Order now!
to 123.6 bn dollars, an increase
of 19 bn dollars over 2020. 70 per The growing bond between www.diyonline.de/
cent of US households own a pet, pet owners and their pets is an- statistics
which equates to 90.5 mio homes, other reason why the APPA CEO
according to the APPA National is in no doubt that the trend to- Solid data.
Pet owners Survey 2022. wards premiumisation of the pet From real experts.
supplies market, which inten
Scott doesn’t think that cur- sified during the pandemic, will
rent political and economic prob- continue in the long term. “Pre-
lems such as fluctuating pet sup- mium will stay strong,” he says,
ply chains, inflation or shortages citing the desire of most pet own-
of raw material will have much ers to keep their pets well fed
impact on the success of the pet and healthy.
product industry. “In the short
term, the challenges will make Scott is looking forward to
themselves felt even in the pet the next Global Pet Expo, which
sector to some extent,” he be- APPA will stage together with the
lieves. In the long term, however, Pet Industry Distributors Asso
the new APPA CEO doesn’t doubt ciation (PIDA) from 25 to 27
the industry will have a bright March 2023 in Orlando as usual.
future. Scott points to the count- “2023 will be a year moving us
less technical changes unfolding a little closer back to how it was
in society in the last few years, before Covid-19,” he thinks. This
such as e-mobility or autono- year’s show proved highly prom-
mous driving. “The pet sector, ising and demonstrated that the
too, will continue to change and desire for in-person trade shows
invest in new developments,” he remains strong in the pet sup-
adds. plies industry. He was particu-
larly pleased with the growth in
“Premium will stay strong” visitors from South America at
What will be the leading trends this year’s fair, and expects that
in the pet industry? Scott is con- the international spread of the
fident that pet humanisation is Global Pet Expo will return next
set to continue to drive sales year to the level seen before the
of pet products and services in coronavirus pandemic.
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