Chris Tarr Promoted to VP of Marketing at General Cigar Co.
General Cigar Co., owner of popular premium cigar brands including Macanudo, CAO, Punch, and La Gloria Cubana, has restructured its sales team and named...
Purpose Driven Leadership: Tips from Davidoff’s Dylan Austin
On the first day of 2018, Dylan Austin took on the role of vice president of sales and marketing at Davidoff of Geneva USA....
Four Manufacturers Create “The Traveling Road Show”
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has once again shown the premium cigar industry’s resilience despite disruptions to the usual business. Stay-at-home orders and quarantines have...
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...
Rob Maneson Named CEO of JR Cigar
Tabacalera USA, the U.S.-based premium cigar operations of Imperial Brands plc, has appointed Rob Maneson the chief executive officer of its JR Cigar unit,...
Trump Nominates Dr. Stephen M. Hahn for FDA Commissioner Position
President Donald Trump has revealed his plans to nominate Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to take on the role of commissioner of the U.S. Food...
PETA and Tobacco Companies Team Up to Save Animals from Testing
PETA International Science Consortium Ltd., Imperial Brands, Plc., Altria Client Services (ALCS), British American Tobacco (BAT), Plc., and Philip Morris International have all teamed...
FDA Compliance Deadline Looming: Tobacco Product Listing and Registration Deadline
The end of 2018 may be weeks away but there are still important compliance deadlines ahead for manufacturers of tobacco products. The U.S. Food...
South Dakota vs. Wayfair: Its Impact on Tobacco Businesses
Online retailers have long held an advantage over their brick-and-mortar counterparts when it comes to collecting taxes from consumers but that may now be...
Colibri Launches New Firebird Viper V-Cutter
Firebird is revealing its new Viper v-cut cigar cutter. This new cutter features a stainless steel v-shaped blade and v-configured edge that creates a...
