Uncovering Your Tobacco Brand’s Hidden Value
Jaime Flórez-Estrada, the vice president of marketing for Royal Agio USA, is a marketing professional with big goals for 2018. In June 2017, European...
A Beautiful Accident: How Daniel Marshall Built His Brand
Some enter into a business with intent. Others are surprised to discover that a talent, product or skill set coupled with a personal passion...
Sampling Do’s and Don’ts: FDA’s New Rules
In October, the FDA issued its final guidance on the sampling of premium cigars and other covered tobacco products. The sampling restrictions apply to...
Members Only: How to Launch a Successful Private Cigar Lounge and Club
Over the past several years, there has been a rise in cigar lounges within tobacco retail stores due to the expansion of the Casa...
2017 Tobacco Legislative Roundup
The following are roundups of legislative activity at the state and local levels.
Cigarettes and Tobacco Products
Taxation—State Level
The year 2017 produced an increase in...
Back to One: Celebrating 20 Years of Boveda, Part 1
Incorporated in 1997, Boveda started out as a company called Humidipak. Sean Knutsen had just resigned from a job in sales to focus on...
Stogie-gate: The Implications of FDA’s New Approach to Regulations
As most know, the industry has been working with a proverbial dark cloud over its head due to the uncertainty wrought by the threat...
Meet Regis Broersma: General Cigar’s Dynamo, Part 2
Regis Broersma was named President of General Cigar Co. back in 2015 and since his appointment the company and its iconic brands have undergone...
The Lone Wolf Cigar Lounge and David Weiss: Rebranded
The mantra from the man who founded/rebranded the Lone Wolf Cigar Company in 2000 is that there’s a lone wolf in everyone. “Regardless of...
Toronto’s Cigar Company & Gentlemen’s Barbershop
For Orion Armstrong, founder and CEO of Cigar Company & Gentlemen’s Barbershop, cigar smoking isn’t a hobby or occasional pastime—it’s a lifestyle. That’s why...
