October 2, 2018

PetSafe introduces pet doors for large pets and their owners

Knoxville-based pet product solutions company PetSafe recently announced that it has expanded its line of pet doors with the PetSafe Large Screen Door and the Extra-Large PetSafe Freedom Patio Panel […]

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September 25, 2018

Tariq Hassan appointed as Chief Marketing Officer at Petco

On Sept. 25, 2018, Petco announced it had appointed Tariq Hassan as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Hassan, who has worked with Pepsi, Gatorade, Frito Lay, Coors, Mars, Emirates, Cadillac, […]

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September 19, 2018

Independent Pet Partners Holding LLC acquires Natural Pawz

Natural Pawz has been acquired by Independent Pet Partners Holdings LLC (IPPH). Biff Picone and his wife Nadine Joli-Coeur started Natural Pawz, currently a 23-store pet chain, in 2005 after […]

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September 17, 2018

Darren Fujii joins Tuffy’s Pet Foods as Chief Marketing Officer

On Sept. 17, 2018, Tuffy’s Pet Foods, the makers of NutriSource, Pure Vita and Natural Planet pet foods announced that the company had hired Darren Fujii as its new chief […]

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September 12, 2018

Jim Donald is Albertsons’ new President and CEO

On Sept. 12, 2018, Albertsons Companies announced that Jim Donald, the company’s current President and COO, has been appointed President and CEO of Albertsons Companies, effective immediately. Current Albertsons Chairman […]

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September 12, 2018

Healthy Pet goes national with Petco partnership

On Sept. 10, 2018 Healthy Pet announced the availability of its ökocat natural litter at Petco stores, their first national footprint litter customer. Healthy Pet previously released ökocat Featherweight Clumping […]

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September 12, 2018

Patrick McGarry is new General Manager at Charlee Bear Pet Products  

Wisconsin-based Charlee Bear Pet Products announced on Sept. 11, 2018 that Patrick McGarry will step into the role of General Manager. McGarry has previously held financially-focused positions at Google and […]

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September 12, 2018

PetSafe introduces Drinkwell 2 Gallon Pet Fountain

On Sept. 10, 2018, Knoxville-based PetSafe announced the addition of the PetSafe Drinkwell 2 Gallon Pet Fountain, an automatic water fountain to its product portfolio. The product offers pet owners […]

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September 7, 2018

Pet Grooming Brand HandsOn Gloves signs Matrix Partners

Pet grooming brand HandsOn Gloves has collaborated with Matrix Partners to help with their social media management and strategy, influencer outreach and trade show media support. Developed in 2015, HandsOn […]

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September 7, 2018

Hollywood Feed acquires Rucker Pet

On Sept. 4, 2018, owners of the Georgia-based Rucker Pet retail chain announced they had sold all four of their locations located in Cumming and Suwanee to Memphis-based pet retail […]

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