FDA Marketing Application Deadline Passes: What Happens Now?
Sept. 9, 2020, was the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) deadline for manufacturers to submit either a substantial equivalence (SE) report or a...
The Navigator: Tabacalera USA’s Javier Estades, Part 1
The premium cigar industry is full of different personalities and entrepreneurs, each one having his or her own personal approach to business. Some are...
2020 Tobacco Retail Survey
If you are a retailer and seller of tobacco products, please take this brief survey about your retail business. Results from this survey will...
Maximizing the Potential of Oral Nicotine Pouches in Retail
The oral nicotine product category is seeing a big boom in the U.S. market as consumers seek out alternatives to combustible tobacco products. Even...
Marketing Within the Digital Divide
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into the fall, tobacco businesses are still having to adjust to having few in-person events, stay-at-home orders and consumers...
Kelly’s Playbook: Queensbury Cigar & Pipe
This year has been a challenge for all small-business owners. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many stores to close, causing limited-capacity restrictions, curfews and...
An Elevated Business Plan: Carolina Blue Cigars
Christopher Moore grew up learning about tobacco, some from his grandparents and some through personal experience. Moore grew up in New York City’s diverse...
The Power of Positivity: Debonaire Cigars
It’s hard to keep a good man down, despite how insurmountable the obstacles in his path may seem. Even the best-laid plans can go...
Website Design for Tobacco Retail Stores and Lounges
When it comes to cigar lounges and tobacco retail stores, a customer’s online experience is just as important as the experience you create in...
Redefining Excellence: El Septimo Cigars
In the biblical story of creation, which is told in the first chapters of Genesis, God created night and day; the heavens and the...
