Pet Care

Value sales of dog food in Belgium are expected to rise in 2024. Despite inflationary measures, increased prices, and a higher dog abandonment rate than in previous years, the dog population is still growing, albeit at more moderate levels than in…

Dog food recorded positive growth in both volume and current value terms in 2023, following the sluggish performance of the previous year. While value growth was driven partially by price increases, premiumisation and specialisation trends also…

Despite low volume growth of dog food in Australia, mainly driven by falling demand for wet dog food, premium dry dog food remains a strong performer in 2024. Notwithstanding financial pressures, consumers continue to prioritise the wellbeing of…

Sales of dog food continued to increase in Asia Pacific in both 2020 and 2021, although growth rates did slow slightly during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dry dog food continues to dominate sales, in a region in which a number of countries…

In 2023, dog food sales in Argentina registered positive growth in retail volume terms and a similar trend is expected in 2024 but at a lower rate due to the complex economic situation. As a result of the decline in purchasing power, many dog owners…

In a world that now seems more about disruption than stability, it is always better to be the disruptor than the disrupted - and that means pushing horizons outwards. Strategy needs to be built as part of a wider consumer system rather than at…

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…

Pet care is a fast-growing industry. Mars and Nestlé continue to retain their dominance by a significant margin, but their shares are being challenged by other players. This report discusses how market leaders and players are responding to shifting…

Colgate-Palmolive Co’s business unit in pet care, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, is a major global player in pet food, with a wide portfolio of premium and functional products. Science Diet and Prescription Diet, Hill’s main brands, continued growing in…

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…