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AKA Cigars Increasing Prices Feb. 1

AKA Cigars will increase prices 5 percent across its entire portfolio, effective Feb. 1, 2016. According to co-owner Jay Lundy, this will be the first price…

Acme 6 x 60 Planned for 2016

There’s a new bigger cigar coming from Acme Cigar Co. next year. Jay Lundy of Acme confirmed to halfwheel the company will introduce a 6 x 60…

Acme Cigar Co. Debuting With Three Lines at IPCPR 2015 (Update)

The duo behind AKA Cigars, a Dallas retailer and a music industry executive are teaming up for a new cigar brand, Acme Cigar Co. While…

IPCPR 2014: AKA Cigars

AKA Cigar has grown-up, at least if you are determining life by where you get to sit at the lunch table. Jay Lundy went from…

AKA Nth Degree Optimal (Prerelease)

Last year, Dallas-based AKA Cigars introduced the Nth Degree, the company’s take on “a classic maduro.” It was offered in the standard wide array of…

AKA Introducing New Packaging, Nth Degree Lancero

Fans of AKA Cigars will begin to see a slightly updated version of the company’s lines with new bands and boxes. While the color schemes…

IPCPR 2013: AKA Cigars

The last time we were in Las Vegas for the largest cigar trade show, AKA Cigars was without a booth. Two years later, the company…

Revamped Respect & Nth Degree Coming from AKA Cigars

Dallas, Texas-based AKA Cigars will have two new lines at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention: Respect 2013 and Nth Degree. The company is…

AKA Cigars Ships Solace Harmony Lancero

AKA Cigars has begun shipping its newest cigar, the AKA Solace Harmony, a 7 x 38 Lancero. The Richardson, Texas-based company introduced the Ecuadorian Connecticut line last…

AKA Cigars Adds Two New Sizes Prepares New Lines

Fresh off news of lowering prices one dollar across the board, AKA Cigars has announced plans for two new sizes and two new lines, one…

Weekly News (September 5, 2011)

Editor’s Note: I’ve made a concerted effort not to speculate on the outcome of Fernandez v. García et al (i.e. the El Rey de los…