Pets At Home celebrates UK pet lovers in latest campaign

Pets at Home, the UK’s leading pet care business, has announced a relaunch of its brand with a new identity and creative platform that brings together all elements of its business and celebrates the love we have for our pets.

The refreshed brand is the next move in the business’ ambition to cement itself as the one-stop destination for all pet care needs, from grooming to veterinary services.

Its veterinary business will become Vets for Pets, formerly Vets4Pets, while its grooming service will now be known as Pets Grooming, bringing all of its services under one unified brand identity, Pets.

The new-look brand will also have a fresh creative platform, ‘We’re all for pets’, that brings to life the insight that we’re a nation that will do anything and everything for our pets, and positions Pets at Home as the pet care provider that makes life better for pets and the people who love them.

It will launch with a fully integrated campaign activated across cinema, TV, Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD), press, radio, social, digital and outdoor.

At the heart of the campaign is a new study, The ‘We’re All for Pets’ 2023 Report, that reveals the unconditional love we have for our pets based on an in-depth analysis of pet ownership, with insights used to inspire and inform the creative.

Soundtracked by the iconic I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) by Meatloaf, the campaign film celebrates the lengths we go to for our pets. From showing an owner getting a tattoo of his ferret, to waiting for a dog to do its business in a storm, it is full of funny moments that every pet owner can relate to.

The rebrand is also live across all digital channels from today and there are long-term plans for this to be rolled out across all of its pet care centres, including more than 450 Pets at Home stores, over 350 grooming salons, and almost 500 veterinary surgeries and practices.

Kathryn Imrie, Chief Consumer Officer at Pets at Home, said: “Our purpose as a business is to make the world better for pets and the people who love them, and our new brand expression helps us to demonstrate the breadth of services we offer to do just this.

“We’re trusted by more Brits than anyone else when it comes to taking care of their pets and that’s because we share that love and passion that owners have. Our launch campaign is based on real insight and celebrates all of the amazing things we do for our beloved companions, and we’re extremely excited to see it come to life.”

Pets at Home has worked with a range of strategic partners on the rebrand, including Nomad who led the rebrand project, The&Partnership who have developed the ‘We’re all for pets’ platform and campaign creative, Canvas8 on The We’re All for Pets 2023 Report, and PR agency, Citypress, on the activation of the campaign.

Ash Watkins, Creative Director at Nomad, said on the rebrand project: “Our objective was simple. One: Create a system that unites a world of beloved, yet disparate pet care brands under a single visual identity. Two: Bring it to life with a unified brand experience that encapsulates the sheer joy that pets bring to our lives. From the weekly food shop, through to surgical care; the new Pets at Home is ready to help customers be their best on every step of the pet owner journey.”

Toby Allen, Executive Creative Director at The&Partnership, said on the campaign creative: “This a rock opera power ballad to the true loves of our lives - our pets. A big and bold campaign for a brand with a big heart and big ambitions.”

Credits:

Client: Pets (Pets at Home & Vets for Pets)

Chief Consumer Officer: Kathryn Imrie

Marketing Director: Madeline Shaw

Head of Brand: Cath Ryan

Head of Campaign: Louise Duran

Campaign Lead: Cheryl Fitchett

Campaign Planner: Nikki Cameron

Design Studio: Nomad

Creative Director: Ash Watkins

Partner: Stuart Watson

Account Manager: Claudia Lace

Design Team: George Edwards, Becky Grover, Marion Bisserier, Simone Costa, Shin Hye Lee, Julia Kuisma

Strategist: Flossie Malster

Motion Designer: Tom Bennett, Nathan Monaghan

Creative Partners: Colophon, Hannah Warren, Roo Lewis, Liz Seabrook, Studio K

Agency: The & Partnership

CEO: Sarah Golding

Global ECD: Toby Allen

Creative Directors: Matthew Moreland & Chris Clarke

Creatives: Ted Price & Adam Jackson

Head of Integrated Production: Charles Crisp

Senior Producer: Sam Ramsey

Production Assistant: Carla Sandhu

Stills Producer: Ellen Green

Head of Strategy: Rebecca Munds

Strategy Director: Katherine O’Gorman

Client Lead: Florence Prevezer

Senior Account Director: Kelly Griffiths

Account Manager: Sophia Levison

Production Company: DROOL

Director: Freddie Powell

Executive Producer: Genevieve Sheppard

Producer: Jess Wylie

Director’s Assistant: Joseph Paul

Director of Photography: Tom Townend

Production Designer: Drogo Michie

Production Manager: Harriet Staples

Production Assistant: Ellie De Rose

Costume Designer: Mr Gammon

Hair & Make up: Lu Hinton

Casting: Hammond & Cox

Cast Coordinator: Jess Glaus

Location Manager: Algy Sloane

1st AD: Benji Edwards

Set Decorator: Vicky Robinson

SFX Supervisor: Jason Troughton

Offline Edit: Trim Editing

Editor: Thomas Grove Carter

Offline Producer: Tatyana Alexandra

Post-Production: Untold Studios

CCO: Neil Davies

Shoot Supervisor: Chris Mortimer

VFX Lead: George Rockliffe

VFX Artists: Stepan Pazderka, Julie Cruette, Kristin Kaas Lutsberg, Simon Legrand, Catarina Goncalves

Online: Pete Hughes

Executive Producer: Tom Igglesden

Producer: Ella Glazer

Colour: Company3

Colourist: Simon Bourne

Colour Producer: Chris Anthony

Audio Post Production: 750mph

Sound Engineer: Sam Ashwell

Audio Producer: Olivia Ray

Music

Music Artist: Meatloaf

Music Track Title: ‘I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)’

Music Writers: Jim Steinman

Music Negotiation: SixtyFour Music

Music Supervision: SixtyFour Music

Creative Producer: Emma Mitchell

Design Director: Will Rees

Designer: Ralph Pederson

Motion Designers: Gil Peres, Julien Lasson