Pipe Smokers: The Next Generation
Pipes and pipe tobacco are a category unlike any other in the tobacco industry. In 2014, ABC News published a story titled “Pipe Smoking...
Selling Through Awareness: Sales Tips from Royal Agio’s Zev Kaminetsky
What makes one premium cigar different from another? Aren’t they both rolled leaves with a different band on them? What makes a premium cigar...
Las Vegas: Getting Back to Business
As COVID-19 cases continue to fall, Las Vegas is ready to welcome meetings and conventions like TPE21 back to the city. The Las Vegas...
Mass-Market Appeal: Frontier Cigars
Frontier Brands’ Rick Louis explains why the mass-market cigar category has gotten a bad rap and how his company’s products are being purchased and...
On a Roll in Arizona: Anthony’s Cigar Emporium
Ten years ago, Tyler Morris was working in real estate when his boss offered him the chance to switch industries by helping to run...
Glory Days: A Look at La Gloria Cubana and El Credito Cigar Company
It was in 1968 when El Credito Cigar Company originally opened its doors in Miami, Florida’s, Little Havana neighborhood. The company launched with just...
On Your Shelf: January-February 2021
Perla del Mar
Manufacturer: J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
Sizes: Shade–Short Robusto (3 3/4 x 56), Robusto (4 3/4 x 52), Toro (6 1/4 x 54), Double...
Do the Right Thing
Stand up straight. Don’t slouch. Always say thank you. Return phone calls. Never be in debt to anyone. Growing up, our parents hold us...
No Place Like Home: Battleground South Cigar Lounge
Today’s most successful premium cigar retailers offer their customers a lot more than a good selection of cigars at reasonable prices. In an age...
The Tobacconist Handbook
In 2009, Jorge Armenteros published the first edition of The Tobacconist Handbook. At the time, Armenteros had to self-publish this book because few publishers...
