For the first time, the event was held over two days.
This year, in addition to negotiations at the Business Networking Center, a Presentation Day was organized to showcase trends and innovations in the pet business.
On the first day, the Business Networking Center brought together pet store chains, distributors, and pet shops from over 20 regions of Russia and other countries worldwide. Buyers included “Vaka” (“Biosphere”), “Yugkorm,” “Lapa Lyubvi,” “Bonifatsiy,” “Alidi West,” “Wet Nose,” “Cat’s Paradise,” “Manul,” “Stack Profi,” “Smena,” “Whiskered Striped,” “Aibolit,” “Dog’s Dream,” “Everytail,” “Zoomir” (Novosibirsk), “Fluger,” and more than 50 other major pet product buyers.
The second day was dedicated to the largest Russian retailers. Negotiations were conducted by “Lenta,” “Svetofor,” Fixzone, “Real,” “Dobronom” (Belarus), “Lyubimchik.Ru,” “Zoovyhoda” (Kaliningrad), “Zooland” (Belarus), and the marketplace “All Together.”
Delegations and representatives from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Czech Republic participated in the Business Networking Center negotiations. The event was attended by the Honorary Consul of Pakistan and representatives of the General Consulate of Hungary in St. Petersburg.
Over the course of two days, alongside the negotiations, supplier presentations of new pet business products were held at the Business Networking Center.
On February 26th, a presentation of the new Russian pet food brand “Two Tails” took place, led by the brand’s visionary, well-known TV host and video blogger Mikhail Shirvindt.