Swedish Match

A federal judge found that there was no evidence of confusion between White Owl DUO cigarillos and Guantanamera’s DUO Series, a premium cigar.

Swedish Match planned on spinning off its U.S. cigar business as early as this year, now those plans are on hold until after the company can work through issues regarding substantial equivalence applications denied by FDA.

Swedish Match—once one of, if not the most important company in the collective cigar business—has announced that it will exit the cigar business as early…

Guantanamera Cigars Co. has filed a lawsuit against Swedish Match, Costco, Sam’s Club and others over trademark infringement. In a lawsuit filed yesterday in the…

Swedish Match, once the largest player in the U.S. premium cigar industry, is no longer in the premium cigar business. The company announced that its…

Swedish Match has announced that it has sold 13 million shares in Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (STG), continuing its recent divestiture and likely exit from…

A year and a half after word got out that Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) was planning an initial public offering, the company’s shares are finally…

As expected, the initial public offering (IPO) for Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) is back on track. The company, which claims to be the largest manufacturer…

There’s a new man in charge of the world’s largest cigar and pipe company, as Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced that Niels Frederiksen will succeed Anders…

Last year, I said it was hard to believe it was the fourth iteration of this annual column. It’s even harder to believe this is…

In the midst of a massive change that involves the company going public in the near future, Scandinavian Tobacco Group, parent company of General Cigar…