Holiday Shopping 2026 · August 2026 to January 2027

The Pet Supplies shelf

What ChatGPT and Google AI Mode recommend when a AU shopper asks them about pet supplies — ranked by how often each brand made the shelf.

Shopper Journeys

How the pet supplies shelf shifts as a shopper moves from “what's out there” to “which one do I buy”, for everyone or for one shopper.

Awareness
KONG 41%
Black Hawk 17%
Royal Canin 12%
ADVANCE 9%
Chuckit! 4%
Research
Black Hawk 10%
ADVANCE 6%
Optimum 4%
Hypro Premium 4%
SavourLife 3%
Comparison
SavourLife 16%
Black Hawk 13%
ADVANCE 12%
Love 'Em 11%
Royal Canin 6%
Validation
Black Hawk 17%
SavourLife 16%
Love 'Em 12%
Purina 8%
Royal Canin 7%
Purchase
KONG 22%
SavourLife 19%
Vitapet 12%
Hero Bites 9%
Black Hawk 8%

The First-Puppy Parent's shelf. Each stage's bar is shelf-share within that stage.

Brand
Shelf-share
Shelf Share Trend
Visibility
1
8.3%
36.7%
2
7.8%
32.2%
3
7.5%
20.6%
4
6.1%
20.1%
5
6.0%
23.6%
6
5.0%
20.6%
7
4.0%
12.6%
9
3.3%
10.1%
10
3.3%
9.5%
11
2.3%
14.1%
12
2.0%
11.1%
13
1.7%
11.6%
14
1.5%
3.5%
15
1.4%
3.5%
16
1.2%
3.0%
17
1.1%
4.0%
18
1.1%
2.5%
19
0.9%
2.5%
20
0.8%
▲0.8
2.5%
21
0.7%
3.0%
22
0.6%
6.5%
23
0.6%
5.0%
24
0.6%
▼1.5
4.0%
25
0.6%
3.0%
No brand named
8.0%

Shelf-share = the share of shopper attention a brand holds. Visibility = the share of answers that named it at all.

How to read this table

Shelf-share weights every mention by where the brand sits in the answer, so the shelf adds up to 100%. Named first on a short shelf is worth far more than named fourth on a long one.

Visibility ignores position — simply how often a brand is named. Divide shelf-share by visibility and you get how much of the shelf a brand takes when it does appear.

No brand named is the share of answers that recommended no identifiable brand at all — advice, or retailers only.

Movement shows only where a week-over-week change is larger than the variation between readings. Most weeks, most brands are steady.

Products the engines name

The specific SKUs surfaced inside pet supplies answers.

Rank
Product
Shelf-share
Shelf Share Trend
Visibility
Price
1
Mini Puppy
Royal Canin
1.1%
3.5%
—
2
Australian Chicken Puppy Training Treats
SavourLife
1.1%
2.5%
—
3
Ortho Dream Sofa
Snooza
1.0%
2.8%
A$209.30
4
Adult Urinary Care
Purina
0.9%
2.8%
—
5
Prescription Diet j/d
Hill's
0.9%
2.3%
—
6
Barney Bed
The Barney Bed
0.8%
2.5%
—
7
Urinary Care
Purina
0.7%
3.5%
—
8
Puppy Rubber Toys
KONG
0.7%
1.8%
—
9
Crystal Cat Litter
TROUBLE & TRIX
0.7%
1.5%
—
10
Original
Tofu Cat Litter Australia
0.7%
1.5%
—
11
Urinary Care
Royal Canin
0.6%
4.3%
—
12
Bravecto chew
Bravecto
0.6%
1.5%
—
13
Enzyme Activated Cat Litter
Tofu Cat Litter Australia
0.6%
1.3%
—
14
KONG Puppy
KONG
0.6%
1.3%
—
15
NexGard Spectra
NexGard Spectra
0.6%
1.3%
—
16
Tofu Cat Litter
Tofu Cat Litter Australia
0.6%
1.3%
—
17
Urinary Care
Optimum
0.5%
1.8%
—
18
Prescription Diet j/d Joint Care Dry Dog Food
Hill's
0.5%
1.0%
—
19
Litter-Robot
Litter-Robot
0.4%
1.5%
—
20
NexGard
NexGard
0.4%
1.3%
—
How to read this table

Price is a band, not one number: the cheapest price on the market, the brand’s own price in bold, and the dearest — sorted low to high. Where only one figure is known, only one is shown. A dash means no price we could verify, not a free product.

How we measure

We ask the assistants the same real shopper questions each run, and record every brand each one recommends.

What that means in practice

Each run we ask ChatGPT and Google AI Mode the same set of questions, one persona and market at a time.

Shelf-share is the share of answers in a category that named a brand. The questions never name a brand, so a brand is on the shelf because the engine chose it.

We settle on the questions before each run, never after. A brand on the shelf is the assistant’s pick, not one we went looking for.

Read the full method — the shoppers, their journey, and the season →

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