On Another Level: Inside Blend Bar with Davidoff Cigars, Part 1
Build it and they will come. That’s the business plan many retailers start out with and later come to regret when they realize it’s...
The World’s Most Valuable Tobacco Brands
The tobacco industry is defined by strong, quality brands that help retailers build loyal customers in stores. Every year, Brand Finance—the world’s leading brand...
3-Step Category Expansion
Looking to expand your business into a new product category? Jeremy McKenna (pictured), president and CEO of Sutliff Tobacco Company, offers the following three...
How to Make Your Business More Inclusive
Are you looking to bring more diversity and inclusion into your business? Janelle Lamar, ATL Cigar Company’s director of marketing, recommends making the following...
3 Tips for Going International
Want to make your tobacco brand and products a sensation across the globe? Vlada Stojanov, Casdagli Cigars’ U.S. brand ambassador, offers these three tips...
The Year Behind and Ahead of Us
2021 was a very interesting year for Operation: Cigars for Warriors (CFW). As you can imagine, 2020 was an extremely rough year for CFW,...
Reconnecting with Retailers
Davidoff is known for its commitment to its customers’ success. There are different channels and levels of engagement within retail, thus Davidoff has a...
When the FDA Abandons Science
The premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) regulatory process for flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system (ENDS) products has been, in a word, politicized. The knowing rejection...
Multi-Category Retailer Insights
The past two years have been challenging and a major test for discount tobacco outlets and smoke shops. These retailers cater to a more...
TPE22: The Unexpected Trade Show
What is TPE? That is a question that even after almost two decades retailers and others in the tobacco industry in particular continue to...