Lighting the Way: Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s CEO Niels Frederiksen, Part 1
Macanudo, CAO, Borkum Riff, Captain Black, Bugler, Bali Shag and Cafe Creme are just a few of the more than 200 brands that Scandinavian...
National Pride: Celebrating Joya de Nicaragua’s 50th Anniversary, Part 2
In part 2 of National Pride, Tobacco Business continues to examine the history of Joya de Nicaragua as it celebrates its 50th anniversary ....
Mombacho Cigars: Redefining Boutique
Claudio Sgroi, president and master blender at Mombacho Cigars, wants to redefine how the cigar industry thinks of the word boutique as it’s used...
Fearless: An Interview with Michael Giannini of Ventura Cigar Company
A great business sense, a background in marketing, an eye for opportunity—these are all things that make for a great entrepreneur or a successful...
Room101’s Matt Booth on Creating Brand Magic
Room101 means different things to different people. In the tobacco industry, many see it as a premium cigar brand, while outside the industry it’s...
Sweet Smell of Success: Celebrating 200 Years of Toscano Cigars
Toscano’s story begins in the summer of 1815 in Florence, Italy, during a storm. When a bale of tobacco got drenched during a rainstorm...
Pipe Tobacco Fundamentals
While the variety of pipe tobacco blends available on the market today can be a little intimidating for any tobacco retailer to master, knowing...
Listen Up: Marketing Tips from Gurkha’s Juan Lopez
When he was 19 years old, Juan Lopez had his first cigar at San Francisco’s Just a Cigar. That first cigar—a Joya de Nicaragua—was...
A Blend that Works: A Look at Blend Bar with Davidoff Cigars
As local, state and federal restrictions on smoking continue to sweep across the country, limiting where people may enjoy their cigars, tobacconists everywhere are...
Relationship Building: A Key Task for Tobacco Retailers
With the continued pressure of local ordinances and state legislative bills that seek to restrict or prohibit the sale of legal tobacco products, raise...
