12 TOBACCO BUSINESS | MARCH / APRIL | 22 F EATURE S MARCH / APR I L 2 0 2 2 ON THE COVER: BLEND BAR WITH DAVIDOFF CIGARS’ COREY JOHNSTON, MARK HOLDEN AND KIM ARBUCKLE PHOTO BY NEW GROUND PHOTOGRAPHY 40 ON ANOTHER LEVEL Your retail store is a business, but is it a corporation? Learn how the owners of the popular Blend Bar with Davidoff Cigars raised the bar and created a franchise that’s expanding across the U.S. and attracting customers new and old to the premium cigar lifestyle. 54 PROCIGAR FESITVAL: A FIRST-TIMER’S REVIEW What’s it like attending the annual Procigar Festival for the first time? Tobacco Business’ art director makes his first trip to the Dominican Republic cigar festival and shares his experience with our readers. 58 DETAILS OF STRENGTH With its rebrand well underway, Aganorsa Leaf is working hard to get retailers to understand that the company’s true value and strength lie in the Nicaraguan tobacco it grows each year. 40
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