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Scenes from the Show Floor
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Today Global Pet Expo
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Q&A: PIDA’s Steve King
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Unifying and Protecting the Responsible Pet Industry
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5 Ways to Be a Retailer’s Dream
Partner
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Hosting How-Tos
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What Women Want
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Wine & Dine
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Industry News and New Products
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Retail buyers found a show floor overflowing with op- portunities as they bustled
in to start the first day of Global
Pet Expo 2018. Featuring record
numbers of exhibitors and booths,
this year’s show is a testament
to the ongoing strength of an industry that is expected to surpass
$70 billion in sales this year.
“The industry is in the best
place it’s been in for a long time,”
says Mark Hirschberg, president
of Multipet International (booth
#3535), noting that the variety
of suppliers participating in the
pet care market is broader and
deeper than it’s ever been.
That is great news for pet
specialty retailers, who continue
to benefit from positive trends
in pet owner demographics, but
depend on key vendor relationships to keep up with the evolving
demands of shoppers.
“The industry continues to
grow,” says Tom Wien, marketing
director for Cardinal Laboratories
Inc. (booth #2455). “Of course,
some of that is because of the
economy, but it is largely driven
by the growing pet ownership
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NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM THE GLOBAL PET EXPO FLOOR AND CONFERENCE SEMINARS, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
[From top] The Multipet International team poses with adoptable puppies from Florida Little Dog Rescue. The Halo, Purely for Pets team is teaching retailers
why a whole food approach to nutrition is the healthiest option for pets. The Fetch...for pets! team is showcasing extensions of the company’s popular branded
pet lines, including new Burt’s Bees grooming tools and oral care products.
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