Uncovering Your Tobacco Brand’s Hidden Value
Jaime Flórez-Estrada, the vice president of marketing for Royal Agio USA, is a marketing professional with big goals for 2018. In June 2017, European...
Sister Act: Tres Lindas Cubanas Cigars
Yvonne and Yvette Rodriguez are identical twins that grew up in South Miami Heights, Florida. The two women have been referred to as the...
Top 25 Tobacco Outlet Chains of 2017
Every year, Tobacco Business magazine lists the the top 50 tobacco outlet chains in the U.S. This elite roster of tobacco retailers is composed...
Vapor Technology Association Conducts Viral Campaign
Advocating on behalf of midsized and large vapor manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and their customers, the Vapor Technology Association (VTA) recently concluded a viral social media...
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...
Extending the Heritage: Genod Pipes
While Sebastien Beaud is fast approaching his 20th year as a pipemaker, the company he owns—Genod Pipes—can trace its history almost as far back...
The Online Tobacconist
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Scott Bendett was a tobacconist who set his sights on the “new frontier” of retail: e-commerce. In 1999,...
Changing Times: The IPCPR’s 2019 Outlook
“Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call/
Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall/
For he that gets hurt, will be he who...
Living the Dream: Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood’s Gary and Barbara Kolesaire
Most about-to-be-married couples busy themselves debating which caterer to use or where to go on their honeymoon. Not Gary and Barbara Kolesaire, who decided...
Fortune’s Child: The Daniel Marshall Story
Instead of living a life guided by currents and trade winds, Daniel Marshall has spent the past 37 years of his life charting the...
