Rediscovering Vegas: SLS Las Vegas
Where you stay in Vegas can easily make or break your trip. This year, TPE’s host hotel matches the vibrant and hip spirit of...
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...
The Crossroads of Fun and Business: Crux Cigars
Before he entered into the tobacco retail business, Jeff Haugen, the owner of Crux Cigars, wanted to own a hardware store—several of them, to...
Changing Times: The IPCPR’s 2019 Outlook
“Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call/
Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall/
For he that gets hurt, will be he who...
Writing the Next Chapter: Oettinger Davidoff’s CEO Beat Hauenstein
In late August 2017, Oettinger Davidoff named Beat Hauenstein as CEO, successor to Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, who served as CEO for nearly seven years and...
Warnings Galore: Understanding California’s Proposition 65
Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule deeming tobacco products to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...
Category Kings: The Rise of Boutique Cigars
Small batch, short run, store exclusives, limited editions—these are the many names applied to what the cigar industry often refers to as simply “boutique.”...
The Power of Disconnecting
Want to be a better entrepreneur? Then you need to disconnect. It may sound strange–especially coming from a publication like Tobacco Business where hustle...
Vapor Under Fire
A scant six months ago, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb seemed relatively sanguine, if not downright enthusiastic, about vapor products....
Improving Sales
As the world becomes more digital, credit cards are becoming the leading form of payment for many retailers, tobacconists included. There are three types...
