2020 Tobacco Retail Survey: The Results
From Oct. 14 to Nov. 30, 2020, Tobacco Business magazine conducted its first-ever retail survey. During the course of the survey, 93 retailers responded...
When Opportunity Knocks: Cohiba Cigars’ Sean Williams, Part 1
“Be patient. Don’t panic.” That was the advice that Drew Estate’s Jonathan Drew once gave Sean Williams, blender and brand amabassador of General Cigar...
TPE 2021: A Preview
Due to the unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and in consolation with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), Tobacco Media Group...
With Gratitude: CAA Pays Tribute to Javier Estades
There are some people in life who just get it. We call them naturals. For naturals, it just clicks—the long days, hard work and...
The Sound of Marketing: Getting Started in Podcasting
Why should every manufacturer and retailer have a podcast? The answer is very simple: because it’s important to connect with your customers on all...
Passion of the Fox
If there’s one word that comes up often when speaking to tobacconist Mitchell Fox, it’s the word “passion,” something he has a lot of...
Tobacconist University: Certified Cigar Reviews
Nothing can help make or break a premium cigar like a review. Google “cigar reviews” and you’ll be presented with about 58,700,000 different results...
Shining Star: Black Star Line Cigars
Adetola “Aric” Wimberly-Bey was born in Chicago and grew up in an Illinois suburb called Glenwood. As the child of two educators, Bey was...
An Enduring Legacy: La Aurora’s Guillermo Leon
La Aurora has been in the cigar industry for over 117 years, and if you ask Guillermo León, the business surrounding cigars has long...
Selling the Seasons
Do you change the way you sell based on the season? I mean, obviously you do BBQs and tailgating in the summer/fall and put...