A Year in Review: 2022’s Biggest Marketing Trends
2022 is nearly over, but many tobacco businesses are already looking ahead to the new year and making their marketing plans. A new year...
The Year Behind and Ahead of Us
2021 was a very interesting year for Operation: Cigars for Warriors (CFW). As you can imagine, 2020 was an extremely rough year for CFW,...
Solving the Identity Crisis
Many businesses, including tobacco shops, ensure they’re taking the necessary precautions when selling age-restricted products so they always remain in compliance with all government...
Set it Off
In business, there’s always an alternative path to take on the road to success. The many paths toward success even apply to a traditional...
A Blueprint for Growth: Spring Street Cigars
John Higgins has been a casual cigar smoker for many years, getting into the hobby with what he thought—at the time—were quality cigars. As...
The Rule Breakers: Peter James Co.
The most successful businesses find a weakness in a market and then offer a service or a product that will fill the gap. That’s...
A Decade of Service
Operation: Cigars For Warriors (CFW) reached a significant milestone on May 12, 2022: 10 years in operation as a charity devoted to deployed military...
A Look Back at Puro Sabor 2023
When I told non-cigar smoking people that I was traveling to Nicaragua for its annual Puro Sabor festival I received one of the following...
3-Step Category Expansion
Looking to expand your business into a new product category? Jeremy McKenna (pictured), president and CEO of Sutliff Tobacco Company, offers the following three...
Summary of Corrective Statements Point-of-Sale Settlement Agreement
In 1999, the United States government sued the major cigarette companies asserting claims under various federal laws. In 2006, a federal judge entered judgment...
