Petflation 2024 – September Update: Drops to +2.1% vs 2023
Petflation is down to 2.1% but it is still 33% higher than the 1.6% average rate from 2010>2021.
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Petflation is down to 2.1% but it is still 33% higher than the 1.6% average rate from 2010>2021.
The spending lift was only +$1.08B (+4.9%) from 2022 but 63% of all demographic segments spent more!
Spending grew by $6.81B – a new record. However the 17.6% increase was really only +6.3% when you factor in 10.6% inflation.
Despite below average YOY monthly increases, the slow retail recovery continues!
Pet prices fell -0.02% but YOY Petflation rose to 2.8% from 1.9% due to a big price drop in 2023.
Inflation drove lower sales increases and 2023 sales were actually down from 2022 for 33 of the Top 100.
After a bad June, the Retail Recovery gets “back on track” in July!
YOY Petflation is down to 1.9%, the lowest rate since 1.5% in March 2021!
If you devote all 22 open hours on the show floor to just visiting booths, you can spend 64 seconds with each exhibitor. You need a plan!
Inflation has radically slowed but its cumulative impact is seen in a big drop in the size of YOY sales increases!