Partners in Smoke: Emperors Cut Cigars
In the premium cigar industry, no one person is responsible for building a business or making a cigar brand a hit. It’s often a...
Sizing Up Spirits
Selling spirits alongside cigars is a good way to diversify, resulting in add-on sales and margins, no matter which category is the dominant one....
An Interview with Altadis U.S.A. President Rob Norris, Part 1
When he was 25 years old, Rob Norris was at a crossroads in his young career. After graduating from the Liverpool John Moores University...
Succeeding in a Changing Market
The People Factor: Hiring well and incenting employees is critical to success at the retail level, noted Terry Gallagher, CEO of Smoker Friendly International....
The ABCs of FDA Tobacco Product Review Applications
In 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act authorized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and...
EAS: All Cued Up for Success
As any experienced vapor retailer can attest, the easiest way to bring cigarette smokers into the vaping fold is to educate them on vapor...
Something for Everyone: The Briar & The Burley
It’s the Wednesday before the Chicagoland Pipe & Tobacciana Show begins, and Mike Fisher, the owner of The Briar & The Burley in Bloomington,...
New Kids on the Block: Amendola Family Cigar Co.
There’s a verse in the Bible’s Ecclesiastes 4:9 that reads, “Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor.”...
TPE 2020’s Educational Conference
For TPE 2020, TMG set out to reinvigorate the trade show’s educational conference by bringing in some of the premium tobacco industry’s biggest disruptors...
Camacho Cigars: Crafting a Built-Bold, Live-Loud Experience
Fire, motorcycles, steel, barrels—these aren’t typically objects you would associate with premium cigars, but they perfectly capture the spirit behind Camacho Cigars, a brand...
