News: Executive Changes at Oliva

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Oliva’s management structure is shuffling. Amongst the January 1, 2013 changes,  current VP of Sales Dave Wagner will become Director of Operations. Cory Bappert, a senior account executive with Oliva, will succeed Wagner as VP of Sales. Meanwhile, Jeff Nolen and Ian Hummel will both assume the role of National Sales Managers. Sales representatives were [...]

Review: Cain F (Prerelease)

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At the 2009 IPCPR show Oliva released Cain, the second of their two new age lines following NUb’s release in 2008. Sam Leccia was pegged to serve as the face of both brands, which were a departure from the family’s core lines. In exchange for bringing in the regular Cain Habano and Maduro lines, retailers [...]

News: Cain F Nub Becomes Regular Production (Exclusive)

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I’m not sure this is really “breaking” or even “news” because everyone knew this was coming, but sources are telling me that Oliva plans on adding the Cain F Nub to the regular production line, joining the Cain Nub as the hybrid of recently departed Sam Leccia’s signature creations. The Cain F Nub had been [...]

Weekly News (January 10, 2011)

If there was ever a fun week of news… this is going to be it. It’s an eclectic bit of information. Pete Johnson confirmed what we reported last week: the Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero would be a retailer exclusive for Tobacco Grove, the same store that got the Viaje Samurai in late December. It [...]