For the first time, the event was held for 2 days.

This year, at the BCC, besides the negotiations, Presentation Day for trends and novelties of the pet business was organized.

On the first day, the Business Contact Centre (BCC) gathered pet chains, distributors, and pet stores from over 20 regions of Russia and other countries worldwide.

The purchasers were «Vaka» («Biosphere»), «Yugkorm», «Lapa Lyubvi», «Bonifatsy», «Alidi West», «Mokry Nos», «Koshachy Rai», «Manul», «Stack Profi», «Smena», «Khvostaty Polosaty», «Aibolit», «Mechta Sobaki», «Vezdekhvost», «Zoomir» (Novosibirsk), «Flyuger» and more over 50 large zoo buyers.

The second day was dedicated to the largest Russian retailers. The negotiations were conducted by «Lenta», «Svetofor», Fixzone, «Real», «Dobronom» (Belarus), and «Lyubimchik. Ru», «Zoovygoda» (Kaliningrad), «Zooland» (Belarus), marketplace «Vse vmeste».

The negotiations at the Business Contact Centre were participated by delegations and representatives from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Czechia. The event was attended by the Honorary Consul of Pakistan and representatives of the Hungarian Consulate General in St. Petersburg.

For 2 days, in parallel with the negotiations, the Business Contact Centre hosted presentations by suppliers of new products in the pet business.

On February 26, the presentation of «Two Tails», a new Russian brand of cat and dog food, took place to be held by the famous TV presenter and video blogger Mikhail Shirvindt, the ideological inspirer of the brand.