Cute paws for thought

DELIGHT is in the detail for customers of lifestyle, tech and pet accessories business Coconut Lane as they continue to be carried away by its products that blend affordable fun with functionality.

- Maisha Frost

A new retail partnership to supply 250 Pets At Home stores is the UK company’s biggest yet after being founded a decade ago by childhood friends Jess Lancaster and Charlotte Stagg.

Now it has two brands with Coconut Lane featuring people products such as decorative, durable phone cases, bags, jewellery and hair accessories. The more recent and faster-growing Cocopup London focuses on the dog world. Among its bestsellers are a foldable travel bowl, quilted coats, cute drying robes and an owners’ walking bag with treats pouch.

Selling direct to consumers and retailers such as John Lewis and Next, design is in-house, production international and fulfilment local in the family-run operation in Oxfordshire.