Ask the Tobacconist: Pipe Smoking Techniques
Our new series "Ask the Tobacconist" is devoted to answering questions from our readers and from their customers as submitted by the retailer. It...
Mombacho Moment
It seems rather appropriate that an idea was born atop Mombacho volcano. Indeed, Mombacho, whose name means “mother of our land,” gave birth some...
Bayou Tobacco
In her wildest imagination, Sarah McCauley never dreamed of owning a premium tobacco store, but sometimes opportunities that might seem out of reach are...
Fostering a Legacy: Straus Tobacconist
As the owner of the nation’s third-oldest continuously operating tobacco specialty store, Straus Tobacconist, Jim Clark shoulders a heavy load. He faces not only...
Nat Sherman: A Retailer’s Manufacturer
Some people just have it—that natural instinct for seizing opportunity. Some see danger and play it safe; others see possibilities and take the risk....
Carlos Fuente Sr., 1935–2016
Carlos Fuente Sr., patriarch to the Fuente family and longtime leader of one of the premium cigar industry’s best-loved and most famous cigar companies,...
Should Your Store Host a Pipe Club?
Americans, for all of our famous individualism, are joiners at heart when it comes to our hobby interests. Country clubs, hunting and boating and...
Firm Foundation
“Tobacco is like a baby. Gotta keep it warm. Keep it sheltered … all the time care. All the time work … and in...
Building a Great Online Reputation
It used to be that a retailer built a solid reputation with quality merchandise, friendly service and a charming smile. Today’s world is more...
It’s Wise to Accessorize
We all agree; cigars sell. That’s why we’re in this crazy business.
We love cigars. We love selling them. We love buying them, and of course we love...