Altria Commits Five Million Dollar Donation to Fight Racial Inequality
Altria Group, Inc. has announced that it will be committing five million dollars toward addressing systemic racism faced by Black Americans, which it hopes...
Tabacalera USA Donates to Broward County Coronavirus Relief Fund
Tabacalera USA and its business units Altadis U.S.A., JR Cigar, and Casa de Montecristo, have announced that they will be donating $50,000 to those...
U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Plans Bankruptcy Exit
U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Inc. (USTC) has begun planning for an exist from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to a recent press release, USTC now expects...
BAT’s COVID-19 Progresses to Phase 1 Human Clinical Trials
Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), the U.S. bio-tech arm of big tobacco company British American Tobacco (BAT), has announced it will be entering into Phase 1...
Turning Point Brands Names New CEO
Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB)–whose products including Zig-Zag, Stoker's and Solace Vapor–has announced that its current CEO, Larry Wexler, will retire in January 2022....
STG Expands its North American and Rest of World Marketing Team
After experiencing a long period of growth across its brand portfolio in 2020 and 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced that it has...
STG Combines Canada and U.S. Sales Teams
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has combined its STG Canada sales team with its U.S. sales organization. Going forward, both organizations will operate under one...
InterTabac 2020 Trade Show is Cancelled
Add the annual InterTabac trade show to the growing list of trade shows to be cancelled this year in the wake of the COVID-19...
Republic Brands Names Paul Marobella As New President and CMO
Republic Brands has named Paul Marobella as its new president and chief marketing officer.
Marobella brings over 25 years of marketing, branding and leadership experience...
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Reports Strong Q1 Results
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) experienced a stronger than expected first quarter. In its latest interim report, STG revealed its organic growth exceeded expectations in...
