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...That is why privately owned office provider WeWork has spent money on ping-pong tables, craft beer bars, pet friendly areas and — if news reports can be believed — $200m on Meetup: a website to enable people...
...Poul Weihrauch, president of Mars’ global petcare business, said “individualisation” was the industry’s most important trend, as technology and nutrition allowed pets to have “tailor-made diagnostics and...
...It has launched a subscription service for pet owners and a rewards programme offering discounts on retailers and restaurants....
...Hill’s Pet Nutrition, part of Colgate-Palmolive, last year launched its Crafted range, which includes braised salmon with quinoa....
...It took two parking tickets in week one to learn that car sitting, certainly in New York, is way more onerous than pet sitting....
...Companies in search of the magic combination of customer loyalty, predictable income and user information are selling pet foods, cosmetics, socks and cheese for monthly payments and challenging incumbents...
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...“Our in-house vets provide advice on nutrition planning and non-prescription medicines,” he says, educating people how to improve the health of their animals and filling a void in the market....
...If you dream up a new specialism — ethical hacker, pet psychologist, nutrition coach? — you have a chance of finding takers....
...In fact, thanks to better nutrition and veterinary care, even our pets are living longer. But there’s one area where things have not improved quite so dramatically....
...Reckitt Benckiser outbid Bayer to buy Schiff Nutrition International in 2012, and the German group was reluctant to give in over this latest deal, analysts suggested....
...The lobby of The Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel is a quiet spot where well-heeled locals or out-of-towners can take tea, while being serenaded by an in-house harpist....
...“It was obvious to me that this business has potential,” says Mr Hill, who is also founder and chairman of Metro Bank in the UK....
...The challenges facing the area’s other big landlord, the Durst Organization, are clear a block from Fresh Salt at the Salty Paw, a shop offering dog grooming and pet supplies....
...Around 2000, Provimi Holding, a Dutch producer of agricultural fodder, began expanding into pet nutrition, acquiring a string of independent producers in central Europe, Italy and France....
...Picky babies may beg to differ, but infant nutrition is tasty business. Nestlé, looking to swallow Pfizer’s infant nutrition business for up to $10bn, knows this better than most....
...But not in the conventional Beverly Hills sense....
...The majority of Cargill’s existing animal nutrition business is “complete feeds” sold as a package to farmers....
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...However, Nestlé said it was no newcomer and already had a pet food that holds back Alzheimer’s in dogs....
...Customers were offered croissants and popcorn and the pets got dog biscuits. Dogs are welcome at Metro, just like at Commerce Bancorp where Mr Hill made his billions. people@ft.com...
...Most analysts these days believe Nestlé will pass on L’Oréal to continue focusing on its core food and nutrition business. The French government certainly hopes so. This could be wishful thinking....
...“Ryan, you look shattered, pet.” “Isn’t ‘Monica,’ ” Dad teases, “looking after you properly?”...
...The company has diversified, offering veterinary treatment and nutrition advice in some stores....
...Secondary buy-outs – where a private equity firm sells a company to a rival – have included KKR’s £950m acquisition of pet accessories chain Pets at Home from Bridgepoint, and Clayton Dubilier & Rice’s £400m...
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