IPCPR 2018: Drew Estate
Drew Estate always brings its A-Game to the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show and this year was no different. While the booth was pretty much…
IPCPR 2018: XIKAR
While XIKAR was acquired by Quality Importers in January, the two companies had separate yet adjacent booth spaces this year, with the XIKAR booth retaining…
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Acquires Peterson Pipe Tobacco Brands
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S, the parent company of General Cigar Co., has announced that it has closed a deal to acquire the entire premium pipe…
IPCPR 2018: My Father Cigars
I made what has become an annual day four pilgrimage over to the My Father Cigars, Inc. booth. In past years I would try to…
IPCPR 2018: Cubariqueno
Bill Ives and Juan Cancel of Cubariqueno Cigar Co. were back at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show as part of the Espinosa Premium Cigars…
IPCPR 2018: Rabbit Air
Two years ago, Rabbit Air showed off its signature MinusA2 air purifier, and while not new at the time, the company was teasing a new…
IPCPR 2018: MBombay
Although MBombay had just one new release to show off at its booth during this year’s IPCPR show, it had announced earlier in the year that…
IPCPR 2018: Fable
Fable Cigars was back this year as one of the brands featured in the RoMa Craft booth. While co-owner Mitul Shah confirmed there was nothing…
IPCPR 2018: JetLine
JetLine is one of a handful of companies who have had more-or-less the exact same trade show presentation style since I began attending the annual…
IPCPR 2018: Villiger Cigars North America
This year has been full of changes for Villiger, notably the company opened a new Brazilian factory named Villiger do Brasil in May. Located in a city…
IPCPR 2018: Daniel Marshall
It took me a few attempts to get Daniel Marshall’s booth, each time I walked by Marshall was busy with customers. I will say for…