After the huge success of the first LovePets show, which attracted 5,000 visitors, LovePets Scotland 2012 will take place at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh on 1-2 September 2012.
LovePets is the only generic pet show to be held in Scotland aimed directly at the many hundreds of thousands of Scottish pet owners and is organised by Johnston Press and The Scotsman newspaper.
Nearly half of Scotland’s households own a pet. In 2009, pet owners spent a record breaking £3.9 billion* on their cats and dogs alone, and this impressive spend is set to rise again.
LovePets is the perfect event to meet thousands of pet lovers face to face, giving you the opportunity to promote your products or services and to talk to new and existing customers. The show, organised by one of Scotland’s biggest media owners, Johnston Press, will benefit from a blaze of advertising and marketing publicity throughout their extensive range of newspapers, magazines and websites.
LovePets will include all pet sectors under one roof, including dogs, cats, birds, fish, small animals, reptiles and equine, in a spectacular celebration of all creatures great and small. In addition to exhibitor stands, there will be a large range of interactive demonstrations and presentations taking place throughout the weekend showcasing pet experts and professional pet organisations.
LovePets will interest experienced and inexperienced pet owners and promises to be a great day out for the whole family with lots to see and do.
A key theme of LovePets is to promote and encourage responsible pet ownership.
* Data source UKPets.co.uk
In the UK in 2009, almost one-in-two households owned a pet (43% or 11.2m), with 23 million pets owned in total. And pets are big business. The pet food market alone in 2008 was valued at £2 billion, up 7% from 2007. In 2009, the UK dog and cat populations were both around ten million. Fish and birds continue to be popular, but also there are now around three million small animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and rats.
People love their pets. 60% of single people in the UK buy a pet for companionship and 39% of them say they have replaced their partner with a pet!
The Scottish Pet Sector
Nearly half of Scotland’s population (41%) own a pet:
Scottish dog population: 1.2 million
Scottish cat population: 1.1 million
Scottish caged bird population: 115,000
Scottish pet fish population: 907,000
Marketing & PR
LovePets Scotland 2012 will benefit from extensive promotion and advertising across leading local newspapers and websites throughout Scotland. Key newspaper titles carrying heavyweight marketing and promotion include The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News. The rate card value of the campaign will be in excess of £500,000. In addition, the Edinburgh Evening News will carry a 24 page supplement, including the show guide with all exhibitor details a week before the show.
In paper advertising and PR is underway already, but will intensify over an eight week period in the run up to the show as the promotional campaign will provide multiple opportunities for potential visitors to see the LovePets promotion messages.
Additional promotional activity will include:
• Dedicated website www.lovepetsshow.co.uk
• Advertising in relevant pet and animal orientated, special interest magazines
• Local radio promotion on Forth FM
• Email promotion to the Johnston Press customer marketing data base in Scotland and northern England
• Online leaderboard and skyscraper advertising on Johnston Press sites including scotsman.com and edinburghnews.com
• Event showguide
• Competitions to win tickets to the show
• Communication to local community animal clubs across Scotland
• Social media promotion via Twitter and Facebook
Exhibitor Rates
Shell scheme: £65 + vat (psm)
Space only: £50 + vat (psm)
To discuss your space requirements and involvement at the show, please contact our exhibition sales team on 0131 620 8212 or email lovepets@scotsman.com
All prices are based per square metre. Stands with shell will include:
• Shell scheme
• Area themed coloured carpet
• Stand lighting
• One power socket
• Name board
• Show guide entry
To book your stand, or for further information contact us by email:
lovepets@scotsman.com or call:
Gerry Carney: 0131 6208371
Sponsorship
Contact our sponsorship team for full details of the various sponsorship packages available at Love Pets on 0131 620 8592.
Terms and conditions of business
• A 25% non refundable deposit is required immediately wth the balance due 60 days prior to the date of the event. Any bookings made 59 days or less prior to the event require 100% payment.
• Any stand or space that is subsequently cancelled will incur the following charges:
- 61 days or more prior to the event – 50% of total cost to be paid (inclusive of deposit)
- 60 days or less prior to the start of the show – 100% of the total cost is required.
LovePets is organised by JP Events & Exhibitions, part of the Johnston Press PLC group, on behalf of The Scotsman and the Edinburgh Evening News.
Media Pack
Download the pdf Media Pack here: LovePets Media Pack (1mb pdf)
Floorplan
Download the pdf Floorplan here: LP Scotland floorplan (96kb pdf)
