Earlier this month, Davidoff of Geneva USA informed retailers that it would be updating its price list which would result in an increase in prices on some of its brands. Now, that price list has been distributed to retailers with new prices going into effect on Feb. 1, 2016.

By-in-large, most of the new products the company has introduced over the last year are not part of the price increase including AVO Syncro Nicaragua, Camacho American Barrel-Aged and Davidoff Escurio.

One notable exception is Davidoff Winston Churchill which will increase by 2.78 percent on average. Also increasing will be Davidoff Aniversario (3.11 percent on average), Classic (3.46 percent), Maduro (3.22 percent),  Millennium (3.28 percent), Nicaragua (3.51 percent), Puro d’Oro (3.43 percent), Special (3 percent) and Thousand Series (3.25 percent).

The smaller Davidoff Exquisitos will increase 5.77 percent.

AVO will see more modest price increases; Classic is going up 2.12 percent on average, Domaine will increase by 2.52 percent on average, Heritage will increase 2.53 percent on average and XO is going up by an average of 2.31 percent.

Camacho’s Connecticut, Corojo and Corojo Maduro lines will all increase by roughly 3.2 percent. The Ecuador line is going up by 3.08 percent on average, Criollo is going up by 3.75 percent and Triple Maduro will increase by 2.58 percent on average.

Room101’s Big Payback is increasing, although by less than a percent for each size. Namakubi and Namakubi Ecuador are increasing by an average of 1.7 percent and Room101 Daruma is going up 1.76 percent on average.

The Legendario and Ditka Signature lines are increasing by roughly 2.8 percent.

Both The Griffin’s and Zino portfolios are not changing except for one size in each. The Griffin’s Puritos and Zino Platinum Spector XS are both increasing by 3.05 percent.

Pricing for Cusano cigars remains unchanged and lower priced items like Baccarat, La Fontana, National Brand, Deluxe and Repeater are also not increasing.

A spokesperson for Davidoff of Geneva USA declined to comment.

Earlier this month, a letter signed by Jim Young, Davidoff’s North American president, and Jeff Lee, vp of national sales, indicated that the increases were “a direct result of increased raw tobacco and cigar manufacturing costs.”

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.