Drew Estate Not Increasing Prices in 2020

Following its decision to not exhibit at the 2020 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Drew Estate has said it will not be increasing prices this year.

Typically Drew Estate increases prices right around the PCA Convention & Trade Show, formerly IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. It seems likely that this announcement is meant to be seen in direct relation to the company’s decision not to exhibit.

In a letter sent to retailers, the company didn’t mention the decision to not exhibit but broadly talked about ways it has tried to save money.

“Drew Estate has worked diligently over the past several years to become more efficient at manufacturing, marketing, and distributing our cigars while simultaneously delivering more valuable programs to our customers and valuable experiences to their consumers,” said David Lazarus, svp of sales for Drew Estate. “These efforts have enabled us to minimizing price adjustments over the last several years and, again, we are very pleased to announce that despite the increased costs of doing business we will not be raising prices on any of our cigars to the trade in 2020.”

Two weeks ago, Drew Estate, Altadis U.S.A., Davidoff of Geneva USA and General Cigar Co. announced that they would not be attending the PCA Convention & Trade Show.

Company	Price Increase in 2020?
A.J. Fernandez	Planned
AGANORSA Leaf	Planned
Alec Bradley	Yes
Altadis U.S.A.	No
Arturo Fuente	Yes
Ashton	Yes
Barrel Aged by Karl Malone	No
Black Label Trading Co.	No
Boveda	No
Caldwell	No
Casa Cuevas	No
CLE	Yes
Crowned Heads	No
Crux	No
D&R	No
Dapper Cigar Co.	No
Davidoff of Geneva USA	Yes
Dissident Cigars	No
Don Rigo	No
Drew Estate	No
E.P. Carrillo	No
Fratello	Yes
Gran Habano	Yes
Gurkha	No
HVC	No
Illusione	No
J.C. Newman	Yes
JM Tobacco	No
Kafie 1901	Yes
Kristoff	No
La Barba	No
La Palina	No
La Sirena	No
Los Caidos	No
Miami Cigar & Co.	No
Micallef	Yes
Nat Sherman International	No
Oliva	Yes
Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co.	No
Padrón	No
PDR Cigars	No
Perdomo	Yes
Platinum Nova	No
Powstanie	No
Quesada	Yes
Rocky Patel	Yes
RoMa Craft Tobac	No
Room101	No
Royal Agio Cigars	Yes
Southern Draw	No
Tabacalera El Artista	No
Tatuaje	No
United Cigars	No
Ventura Cigar Co.	No
Vicarias	No
Villiger	No