The volume of purchases of pet products on online platforms in Russia decreased by 15% in the January-February period of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. In this respect Wrote The newspaper “Kommersant”, with reference to the report of analysts of the service “Chek Index”.
According to the CloudPayments payment service, the turnover of goods for pets in online stores for the same period decreased by 26%, the number of transactions – by 10%, and the average check decreased by 18% to 5.8 thousand rubles.
NielsenIQ said physical dog food sales in retail chains in the January-February 2023 period decreased by 7.9% compared to the same period of 2022. At the same time, sales of cat food increased by 1.3%.
Tatyana Kolchanova, Managing Director of the Pet Business Business Association, explained the reduction in spending due to the fact that Russians have food for cats and dogs, which they buy for future use against the background of foreign companies leaving Russia and restrictions. Rosselkhoznadzor on foreign feed supply
In the second half of January, the head of the veterinary clinic of the Veterinary Union Olga Mikheeva saidHow to help an animal on the street and not hurt yourself.