Petflation 2025 – June Update: Slows to +2.1% vs Last Year
Total Petflation slowed from 2.2% to 2.1% but all segments but Supplies had increases.
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SUPERZOO 2025 – Super Charge Your Business!
New Products and Exhibitors are even more important and OEM/Private Label continues to grow!
Retail Channel $ Update – April Monthly & May Advance
Retail $ rose from April to a new May record but the YOY sales change vs 2024 was much worse!
INFLATION’S IMPACT ON RETAIL SALES GROWTH – May 2025
May was worse than April, but the Ytd numbers are better than Y/E 2024 for both Total & Relevant Retail!
Petflation 2025 – May Update: Moves Up to +2.2% vs Last Year
Petflation rose to 2.2% from 1.9%, but is still 8.0% below the CPI and 29% below its 97>24 average rate!
INFLATION’S IMPACT ON RETAIL SALES GROWTH – APRIL 2025
February was bad but March & April brought improvement for most channels!
Retail Channel $ Update – March Monthly & April Advance
4 of 5 Big Groups & 6 of 11 channels had above average lifts vs April 24 – The recovery continues!
Petflation 2025 – April Update: Jumps Up to +1.9% vs Last Year
Petflation rose from 1.3% to 1.9%, but it’s still -17% below the 2018>21 average rate.
INFLATION CAUSES SLOWED RETAIL GROWTH
Inflation is only 0.6% for Relevant Retail but Ytd sales vs 24 are only +2.6%, -44% below average!
Retail Channel $ Update – February Monthly & March Advance
After pausing in February, the recovery restarted in March but progress is still slow.