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13 Feb 2024

PATS is the BEST place to source new pet products

PATS is the BEST place to source new pet products
Barton Grange

PATS – The Pet & Aquatics Trade Show – is the best place to source new products, according to an award-winning garden centre.

Visitors to PATS, which takes place at Telford International Centre from 29th September to 1st October 2024, will be presented with thousands of products from more than 350 UK and international brands, making the exhibition essential to retailers seeking next year’s bestsellers.

And as the pet sector has become an increasingly essential part of garden centre retailing, PATS is set to be a vital date in the industry calendar.

Barton Grange is an award-wining garden centre located near Preston in Lancashire, and its petcare and wildlife department is one of its most popular attractions.

The garden centre’s gardening and wildlife manager Ryan Shenton attended PATS last September and admitted he was surprised by the size of the show. “I found it a great opportunity to see many of my current suppliers and view their full range of products, as well as all their new launches. It also allowed me to meet and look at new suppliers I hadn’t discovered before.”

Barton Grange recently won the The Greatest Wild Bird Care & Pet Team award, sponsored by PATS 2024, in a prestigious Christmas competition.

The garden centre received the honour as part of The Greatest Christmas Awards, organised by Garden Trade News and presented at Spring Fair.

“It was great to receive the Greatest Wildlife & Pet Team Award, sponsored by PATS,” added Ryan. “The team put a lot of work into creating great displays and sourcing some of the best products. We pride ourselves on making sure we keep very high standards so it’s great to receive the award. It has given the team a big boost.”

The Greatest Christmas Award judges said: “Barton Grange had amazing Christmas decorations in the Wild Bird Care area. The pet area was a lovely extension of Christmas between festive decorations and lighting. Clearly the Wild Bird Care and Pet teams were very much part of the overall Barton Grange Christmas team.”

Silver award in the Greatest Wildlife & Pet Team category went to Bents and bronze to Old Railway Line.

Pet buyers from garden centres, as well as all other retailers, can register their interest in visiting PATS 2024 by going to the exhibition’s new-look website www.patshow.co.uk, which has all the up-to-date information about the show.

Photographs of PATS Telford 2023 are available to download at

https://stewartwrittle.dphoto.com/album/dollqv

For further media information please contact Neil Pope by email press@impact-exhibitions.com

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We are thrilled with the incredible response from our very first exhibition at PATS! The three days were absolutely brilliant, giving us the opportunity to connect with many new and existing customers. PATS proved to be the perfect platform for launching our new catalogue and introducing over 350 brand-new SKUs. We can't wait to be a part of next year's event at the NEC!

Tom Gwilliam
Sales & Marketing Director |  HugglePets

I think it’s a great idea to add a third day to PATS. We’re here for all three days, giving us enough time to meet everyone and make informed decisions about stocking new products. We also like PATS because of all the networking opportunities.

Tina Quest
Redpaw Pet Supplies, Devon

At PATS 2024 it was lovely to reconnect with our existing customers while also having the opportunity to meet potential new ones. We were thrilled to launch three new ranges during the show, Canagan Petite, Canagan Raw (Freeze Dried Treats and Toppers) and Symply Little, all of which have sold amazingly well, further highlighting the value of this event for showcasing our innovations. Looking ahead, we believe that the Birmingham NEC could offer significant advantages, including improved transport links and a larger venue to accommodate a growing number of exhibitors and visitors, both will enhance the overall experience.

Charlie Williams
Joint Managing Director |  Canagan Group

We’ve been rushed off our feet on all three days. It has been an excellent show and I love the fact you can spend more time with visitors. I will definitely need a larger stand in 2025

Cyril Geoffray
UK & Ireland national Sales Manager |  Zoo Med
We’ve missed going to Aqua so we’re really happy to be visiting the Aquatics Zone at PATS. We’ve come to see the new products, find out about deals on offer and meet people face to face. It’s also a great opportunity for networking with other shops and companies and building new relationships – something we have missed out on during the Covid years
Mark Warren
Partner |  West Dorset Aquatics
We’ve come to PATS for the whole three days because you just can’t do it justice in only two. For us, as we deal with the whole spectrum of the pet industry, we spend day one wandering through the halls to see what catches our eye and day two doing our buying – but we’ve found that by the end of the second day we haven’t always got round to everyone. So the third day is a real bonus. There is less of a rush to get it all done and we can spend more time building relationships and ensuring we’ve caught all the deals and found all the new products we might want to stock. PATS is an important highlight of the year and we wouldn’t want to miss any of it!
Toni Thornton
Managing Director |  Four Oaks Pet Supplies, Scarborough

It was great to see the Aquatics Zone sold out and full of exhibitors. For us at J&K it was a pleasure, as always, to catch up with a good number of our longstanding customers as well as meet with and introduce our brands and product ranges to potential new ones. Hopefully the new format for 2025, moving into a larger venue, capable of accommodating even more exhibitors, and with better air, road and rail access, will encourage even more visitors, allowing the show to grow in the years to come.

Ben Windeatt
Sales & Marketing |  J&K Aquatics
I’m a big advocate of having three show days because it gives you more time to spend with clients. PATS keeps growing in a good way because it gives more companies – big and small, old and new – the platform to make their mark. I had a look at the New Starter Zone and loved the buzz that these new companies were creating. PATS is great for the UK pet industry
Greg Van Praagh
Head of UK |  RPFC Group

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