A Brand Reboot
For many tobacco brands, quality of material remains an important selling point for their products. Packaging, marketing collateral and press releases typically hype the...
The Virtuous Salesman
A bad day at work launched Todd Vance into what would become a long career in cigar sales. Before he began selling cigars, Vance...
Leaping into Nicotine Salt
In a category characterized by constant innovation, it can be hard to keep up with the latest “next big thing.” After all, plenty of...
Cappelli Brothers Cigar Company
If you’re a cigar smoker today, you know that the opportunities to smoke—in situations where you would normally socialize with friends—are few and far...
Small World, Big Opportunities: A Look at Highclere Castle Cigars
If you’ve watched the popular television series “Downton Abbey,” you’ve seen Highclere Castle, a working estate in England that served as the home of...
The Plain Truth: The Ineffectiveness of Plain Tobacco Packaging
Imagine walking into a humidor that has dozens of different companies represented with hundreds of SKUs, but every cigar and tobacco product on the...
Making the Connection: The Altadis Connect Digital Platform
Within the premium tobacco industry there is a common misconception that innovation only occurs within the space of product development. Manufacturers like Altadis U.S.A....
IPCPR Now and Tomorrow
When a search firm approached Scott C. Pearce about a possible opportunity, he was mildly intrigued—then the recruiter told him the position was in...
On Your Shelf: Ferio Tego
Earlier this year, Michael Herklots revealed his next move in the tobacco industry: He and Brendon Scott were going to launch their own premium...
Vapor By the Numbers
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opted to include vapor products in with the rest of tobacco products it would be regulating...
