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...
Tobacco: The Best Gift You Can Give
Yes, despite all the negative publicity and virulent anti-smoking campaigns, tobacco products remain the best possible gift for smokers. The premise for this position...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
