A Look Back at Tobacco Plus Expo 2017
With hundreds of industry-leading exhibitors and a 200 percent increase in booth traffic, the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2017 trade show was an invigorating way...
The Art of the Deal: Acquisitions in Tobacco Retail
One way to grow your tobacco retail business is through acquisitions. One business taking ownership of another established business probably conjures up negative thoughts...
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...
Cannabis Under Attack?
In January, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice is rescinding the Cole Memorandum, causing a ripple of panic to...
Cannabis Rising: Chatting with Cheech Marin
Love of the leaf was central to the comedy of Cheech & Chong, the duo whose comedic albums and movies are widely credited with...
New Beginnings for Vapor
The United States of America saw an unprecedented presidential campaign in 2016, and now President Trump has taken office. For the vapor industry, at...
Tobacco 21 is a Catch-22
A Catch-22 is a problematic situation caused by mutually conflicting or seemingly contradictory conditions. Considering raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products is...
Where Rubber Meets the Road
George Margioukla and Jaime Florez-Estrada possess nearly 40 years of successful experience in the tobacco industry. Margioukla, president of Royal Agio Cigars U.S.A., started...
