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Pet Owners Start to Bypass ‘Extras’ to Compensate for Rising Pet Food Prices
Wholesale costs of pet food have risen as much as 25 percent in the last year. Package sizes have shrunk by similar amounts. So it’s no surprise that many pet retailers are adjusting their prices as well as their product mixes to keep customers walking through their doors... 
UPG Parent Files Chapter 11
Spectrum Brands (Atlanta) and its U.S. subsidiaries on Feb. 3 voluntary filed for Chapter 11 reorganization protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division...
Pet Products Recalled in Wake of Salmonella Outbreak
Manufacturers voluntarily pulled nearly 2,000 products from store shelves after salmonella was found in widely distributed peanut ingredients, but only a handful of pet products—mostly sold in major chain stores—were involved in the recalls, according to the Food and Drug Administration...
National Python Ban Proposed
Citing environmental damage caused by a feral population of Burmese pythons in the Everglades of southern Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) in February introduced a bill that would add the entire Python genera to the injurious wildlife list under the Lacey Act...
Non-Native Wildlife Act Returns
Re-introduced federal legislation to regulate the entry of non-native species into the United States is even more restrictive than 2008’s failed version, according to the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council—but the Washington-based trade organization and allied groups are ready to roll...
Washington State Considers Big Pet Food Tax
A proposed tax on pet food of $57.50 per ton to help low-income residents in Washington state spay or neuter their pets would be the first of its kind in the nation, said the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Washington)...
Cat Writers’ Association Honors Fine Feline Writing
Dozens of outstanding cat-related articles, books and works in other media were honored recently in the annual writing competition held by the Cat Writers’ Association (Foster City, Calif.)...
Would-be Buyers Get Caught in Internet Pet Scams
The American Veterinary Medical Association (Schaumburg, Ill.) is warning potential pet buyers to avoid an Internet scam that promises animals but does not deliver...
Retailers Expect Rough Road Ahead in 2009
Retail sales will be remain weak through at least the first half of 2009, as even high-end shoppers cut back, according to published reports and retail experts...
Even in Bad Economy, Some Things Are ‘Untouchable’
The economic outlook may be dire, but shoppers simply won’t give up items that help them stay connected to people and current events, such as Internet access, cell phones and cable television, according to a survey conducted by market research group BIGresearch L.L.C. (Worthington, Ohio)...
Global Pet Expo Shows Industry’s Strength
Interactive laser toys for cats, an educational kit that teaches fish to perform tricks like shooting hoops and mice that “glow” in the dark made tongues wag at Global Pet Expo 2009, the pet industry’s largest annual trade show...
Global Pets Forum Draws People from 29 Countries
Two hundred pet industry executives from 29 countries attended Global Pets Forum, held Jan. 22-23 at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands, for several lectures based on “Your New Global Markets.”...
Retailers Can Share Problems and Solutions at Backer’s Aquatics Forum
Got questions, problems, success stories or ideas related to keeping or selling fish and aquarium products? Share them with your peers in a free aquatics forum on April 4, part of H.H. Backer’s Pet Industry Spring Trade Show and Educational Conference in Baltimore...
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