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Pet Food Market

Study: How petfood purchasing decisions are influenced by packaging, retail channel

A study of US pet owners on how and where they shop for petfood offers some interesting insights for professionals in charge of petfood marketing and packaging design, perhaps even for large companies that have the resources to conduct their own consumer research.

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Ruwac USA HEC-XLT-EX pre-separation system

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Ruwac USA FRV1400 explosion-proof vacuum

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Plastic Technologies Inc. PET recycling calculator app

The Packaging Conference 2014 announces agenda, early registration

The Packaging Conference 2014 announced its preliminary agenda and opened discounted, early registration for attendees interested in seeing next-generation materials, business strategies, sustainability efforts, processing developments and more. The conference will be held February 3-5, 2014, in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Blackwood Pet Food, design firm Ideas that Kick to again repackage petfoods

Family owned, Ohio, USA-based Blackwood Pet Food has again enlisted the Minnesota, USA-based design consultancy Ideas that Kick for the repackaging of two of its petfood brands, in hopes of expanding the retail network and gaining new market traction. Kick's packaging system concepts designed for the Adirondack and Makin’ Trax brands inspired Blackwood to rethink how it introduced all of its brands to retail partners.

Human food trends carry over to petfood packaging

Petfood marketers have realized over the years that consumers are not just looking for cute pictures when shopping for food for their pets, but they are shopping for petfood just as they would food for themselves. As a result, a few key trends can be seen in marketing for human foods and marketing for petfoods.

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Witt Gas Controls Leak-Master Easy leak detection system

Pack Expo 2013 sets attendance, exhibitor records

Preliminary data from the recent PACK EXPO, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, show an increase in attendance, number of exhibiting companies and net square footage for the packaging and processing technologies trade show, setting records for 2013. Attendance to the 2013 show, held September 23-25, increased 7.4 percent with 27,759 attendees; the number of exhibiting companies increased by 15.5 percent with 1,788; and net square footage went up 14.7 percent with 722,437 net square feet compared to the 2011 show.

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ITW Warehouse Automation Swift Pick packaging software

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Printpack Packaging rigid cup with peel-off lid

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Why dry petfood rules the world

Dog and cat food sales will reach US$69 billion dollars globally this year, according to the latest data from Euromonitor International. While treats are the fastest growing segments—dog treat retail sales are increasing nearly 5.5% a year and cat treats, about 5.1%—dry petfood for both dogs and cats is also projected to grow strongly through at least 2018.

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