Relationship Building: A Key Task for Tobacco Retailers
With the continued pressure of local ordinances and state legislative bills that seek to restrict or prohibit the sale of legal tobacco products, raise...
A Happy Return
Pipe smokers and premium tobacco retailers are surely rejoicing over the news that some of the best-known—and most-loved—tobacco blends are at last returning to...
Lighting Up Profits: A Look at Lighters
A 2017 government study estimated that about one in five adults in the U.S. use tobacco products on a regular basis. That’s a lot...
The Eternal Apprentice: Nestor Andrés Plasencia Jr., Part 2
In part 2 of this exclusive interview with Nestor Andrés Plasencia, the famed cigar maker discusses the growing process and his passion for the...
The Advantage of a Disadvantage: Mike Edwards and Airreys Cigars
Mike Edwards is a professional athlete and serious entrepreneur. Born in Manchester, England, and raised in Florida, Edwards launched his own lifestyle brand centered...
Promoting Pipe Tobacco
Pipe tobacco is still very much a popular category for retailers. The challenge, however, is how to make pipe tobacco products even more appealing...
Ohserase Manufacturing: New Beginnings
For more than 400 years, tobacco has played a key role in the Iroquois and Mohawk Native American cultures. In the past, tobacco served...
Overcoming the Odds: Jas Sum Kral’s Riste Ristevski
Riste Ristevski is a self-proclaimed computer nerd. He’s worked in the IT field since 1999 and as a consultant on the enterprise level since...
Members Only: How to Launch a Successful Private Cigar Lounge and Club
Over the past several years, there has been a rise in cigar lounges within tobacco retail stores due to the expansion of the Casa...
Banning Flavored Tobacco Products is Not the Answer
Proponents of bans on tobacco flavors suggest that the existence of flavored tobacco products causes teenagers or young adults to initiate or continue tobacco...
