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TOBACCO OUTLET BUSINESS
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012
PRODUCT PROFILE
Double the Usage
Scripto’s new 2in1 Dual Flame Utility Lighter
features two flames in one lighter. With the switch
of a button, consumers have a choice of lighting
a standard flame or a wind-resistant flame,
allowing flexibility of use for all occasions. The
innovative 2in1 Dual Flame utility lighter is great
for use indoors and outdoors. The standard flame
works well for lighting candles, fireplaces and
pilots; while the wind resistant flame is ideal for
withstanding windy conditions to light campfires
and grills.
The new 2in1 Dual Flame Utility Lighter is
available in a single pack blistercard in assorted
black and red handle colors, with a suggested
retail price of $7.99. It is available in a variety of
display vehicles, such as Floor Displays, Clip
Strips, Counter Displays and Open Stock. Scripto,
1-800-
LIGHTER,
Table 36 Debuts the Fellowship Line
Table 36, an emerging boutique cigar maker, unveiled its first premium
cigar line in May. “Fellowship”, a medium- to medium-full-bodied cigar,
is made at the Alec Bradley-owned Fabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas
(“
Cuban Roots Cigar Factory”) in Danli, Honduras. The company currently
produces a string of 90-plus rated boutique cigars, under their own label
and for several private label customers.
Fellowship comes in four shapes: Corona Gorda (5.5”x46), Robusto
(5”
x50), Toro (6”x50) and the proprietary “V58” (6.5”x58). The 100 percent
long-leaf filler blend combines leaf from Nicaragua’s Jalapa Valley with
rare Honduran tobacco, grown on the Raices Cubanas’ tobacco farm in
Trojes, Honduras. The binder is Honduran-grown Criollo 98 tobacco and
the wrapper is a Honduran-grown Habano Colorado Subido (“High Red”)
leaf. The tobaccos are aged for three to four years, and the cigars another
six months, yielding a rich, mellow flavor profile.
The cigars are individually
protected
in
cellophane
tubes and presented in
substantial,
high-quality
20-
count cedar boxes, with
the distinctive Table 36 logo.
MSRPs fall between $7 and
$8.50. Table 36, LLC, St.
Louis, Missouri, 314-341-0242
Sampling Urbanos
Urbano Cigars’ new samplers encourage
smokers to choose their favorite boutique
cigar—Corojo, Sumatra or Connecticut. The
company is now offering a broad selection of
sampler packs of each of the three different
blends: its mild but surprisingly full-flavored
Connecticut, fragrant medium-bodied Sumatra
and spicy full-bodied Corojo.
All three Urbano cigars are hand-made
from 100 percent long-filler leaf. Their first-
generation Cuban seed inventory ensures
strain purity and authenticity. Leaf-processing
and manufacturing standards include triple
fermenting the tobaccos, which eliminates the
bitterness smokers encounter in the final third
of other premium cigars. The tobaccos in the
Sumatra and Connecticut selections are aged
for two years, while those in the Corojo are aged
a full three years. All Urbano boutique cigars
are entubado-bunched, preventing smokers’
two main complaints—off-center burns and
hard draws.
Urbano is featuring two samplers, the first
with each of the three wrapper variations, the
other with two each. They are available in three
shapes (Robusto, Torpedo and Churchill) with
a suggested retail price of $17-19 and $34-36
respectively. Other samplers are also offered,
with three, six and ten cigars, all in the same
shape and wrapper. All cigars are banded,
individually cello-tubed and Zip-loc bagged.
Urbano Cigars, Tampa, Florida, 813-967-7826,
