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TOBACCO OUTLET BUSINESS
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
PRoDUCT PRofILE
scripto Goes
Country with
HillBilly Line
Scripto has announced the addition
of the new HillBilly Brand Licensed
Pocket Lighters to its product line.
Designed to target a rapidly growing
fan base of patriotic, fun-loving,
country music fans and outdoor
enthusiasts, the Hillbilly Nation
lighters will be available in five
assorted designs featuring fishing,
patriotic, HillBilly Hottie, camouflage
and a country music guitar.
HillBilly lighters are available in a
50-
count, display-a-tray, two-pack
open stock and two-pack clip strip.
The lighters have a manufacturer’s
suggested retail price of $1.19
per lighter and $2.39 per 2-pack.
Scripto,
www.calicobrands.com
,
800-
LIGHTER,
customerservices@
calicobrands.com
JM’s dominican:
More Premium Than ever
JM Tobacco has announced a price increase on their complete lineup of JM’s
Dominican premium cigars. Pricing on all other JM products remains unaffected.
“
This is the first increase by JM Tobacco since January 2011,” says company
president AntoMahroukian. “At less than five percent, it is modest, especially in light
of today’s accelerating inflationary pressures.”
JM’s Dominicans are the core product line for the company, and were among
the first value-priced, 100 percent select tobacco hand-made cigars on the market,
having been launched in 1999. Following the original Sumatran-wrapped JM’s
Dominican, wrapper selections grew to include Connecticut Shade, (Connecticut
Broadleaf) Maduro, Corojo, Honey (sweetened and flavored), and It’s a Boy/Girl
cigars. The brand is available in eight shapes, in all four wrappers. The blends for
all the cigars consist of Dominican-grown, aged Cuban-seed tobaccos. All other
details of the JM’s Dominican line remain the same, including box count and the
box art’s familiar iconic color schemes. JM Tobacco Company, 888-377-2667, www.
jmtobacco.com
Time for expansion
Nat Sherman is expanding the company’s Timeless
Collection of cigars manufactured in the Dominican Republic
by MATASA with a new blend made in Nicaragua by
Plasencia Cigars S.A. These Nicaraguan
puros
will be available in three box-pressed
formats, 4x52, 5x56 and 6x60, ranging in price from $140 to $180 per box of 21
cigars. The company also added two new sizes to the Dominican-made Timeless
Collection: Especiales (a traditional
lancero
format at 6x38 with a pigtail cap) and
Divinos (a small perfecto measuring 5x32/50/36).
www.natsherman.com