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....
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...
All About the Leaf
Aganorsa Leaf is the new name for Casa Fernandez.
The company, in making the change, is paying homage to its strength, the Nicaraguan Aganorsa tobacco...
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...
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...
Emerson’s Cigars
There’s a third-generation chocolatier in Italy, Giovanni Ferrero, who said, “Tradition is like a bow. The more we stretch the bowstring, the farther we...
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...
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,...
Adventures in Marketing
Are your store sales lagging behind expectations? Or perhaps you’re looking for ways to enliven your store’s atmosphere and make it the happening place...
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...
