News: Davidoff Announces Golden Band Nominees

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Davidoff of Geneva has announced the nominees for their inaugural Golden Band Awards, which will be presented during the upcoming IPCPR convention and tradeshow. Best Merchandising will honor the Appointed Merchant who best meets the Davidoff Brand merchandising expectations in POS, Davidoff placement in humidor, overall ambiance of humidor, compliance with schedule of goods, store organization, number of [...]

Review: Tatuaje Little Boris

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In 2008, Pete Johnson announced his first Monster Series release, The Frank, named after the movie monster of the 1931 classic film. After the fanfare that release attracted, Pete announced another release, the so called Actors Series, which was supposedly going to be another line, each one named after the film star that played in [...]

News: Drew Estate Releases Small Batch of Liga Privada Único Serie Ratzilla

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Less than three weeks after offering the Ratzilla for sale for the first time at a Casa de Montecristo event, Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate confirmed a small quantity of cigars from a 2011 batch will be shipped out to various retailers across the country, including over 100 bundles for an event at Jeff Borysiewicz’s [...]

News: White House Petition Reaches 25,000 Signatures

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The White House petition asking President Obama to tell the Food & Drug Administration not to regulate the premium cigar industry reached the required 25,000 signatures on Wednesday evening and will now be forwarded to the Obama administration for an official response. “It has been great to see so many people get involved in our Democratic [...]

Weekly News (February 6, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: This one is pretty simple. There are some technical issues plaguing the site currently. We know of two somewhat major issues. First and foremost, commenting from a computer seems to not be working, although commenting from mobile devices seems to be working fine. We are trying to resolve this issue and think we [...]

Weekly News (December 12, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: A few things. Last week I stated that we would not be publishing a Top Ten list this year, I lied. Due to a variety of things, one will come out sometime this week. Sales meetings start this week and will continue through the middle of January, which means you can expect lots [...]

Weekly News (September 19, 2011)

Editor’s Note: Quietly, there are a few people beginning to wonder about the IPCPR show in Orlando next year. The main reason for the concern is that Orlando’s City Council (and Mayor) have been on anti-smoking crusade as of late. The IPCPR published this press release days before Orlando’s City Council unanimously passed a resolution [...]

Weekly News (May 23, 2011)

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We are fifty-five days out from the start of the IPCPR tradeshow in Las Vegas. Brands are quietly showing off their “secret” unannounced products for the show, nightlife is being planned, and, there is still zero word on bloggers and their status in the show. I don’t plan on commenting on the details of the [...]