Helps retailers prevent youth access to electronic cigarettes. NJOY Electronic Cigarettes has become the first independent electronic cigarette company to support the nationally recognized We Card Program and join its Manufacturers Advisory Council. The We Card program is widely accepted across the country as a premier sales training and education program working with retailers, trade [...]
A retailer who is licensed as an Unclassified Acquirer in Michigan must posts a sign in the store informing purchasers of cigars through catalog or Internet of new tax requirements. Taxes on premium cigars are changing in Michigan, effective today, Nov. 1, the National Associate of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) reported. Cigars that cost $1.5625 or [...]
Niagara area retailers and members of the OCSA expect to see a reduction of contraband products following recent commitments in the Ontario budget. The Ontario Convenience Stores Association (OCSA) announced that the Niagara Regional Council, passed a motion against contraband tobacco at a Council meeting held Thursday, Oct. 25th. The motion requested that the Regional [...]
“I know Christopher will continue to challenge the status quo with clear strategies for growth and improvement of JTI U.S.A. brands,” says JTI U.S.A. general manager. JT International U.S.A. (JTI U.S.A.) has appointed Christopher Mitchell as director of the portfolio, brand & trade strategy pillar in the consumer & trade marketing department. In this role, [...]
As more cigarette buyers switch to smokeless and electronic tobacco products, convenience store retailers juggle SKUs to drive profit. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor. Traditional cigarettes—once the mighty margin maker for retailers—continue to face a rocky road as the tobacco market shifts toward increasing consumer interest in moist smokeless, flavored cigars and electronic cigarettes. [...]
Exponential growth in usage and innovative packaging lead some experts to believe e-tobacco may be the wave of the future. By Bob Phillips, Contributing Editor. In fiction there was Roy Hobbs, the athletic prodigy who came, unheard of, out of the Iowa cornfields to take the world by storm. In real life there is Mike [...]
The agency has requested a hearing before all eight judges on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is fighting back after a three judge panel with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, on Aug. 24, barred the FDA’s [...]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Lane has introduced PIPA, a product that will make it easier than ever for cigarette and cigar smokers to explore the world of pipe tobacco. Each package comes with 1.5 ounces of Vanilla Cavendish pipe tobacco, a free corn cob pipe, a free sticker, and a free ‘Pipe Smoking 101’ instruction booklet—all [...]
With new flavors, brand extensions and increased promotional activity, MST sales continue to post strong gains at convenience stores. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor. The smokeless tobacco category remains strong, and not just because legislators have chased consumers away from cigarettes. New products and flavors combined with competitive pricing, increased promotional activity and effective merchandising [...]
Despite a demand from adult consumers, retailers are continually forced to defend their right to sell flavored cigars responsibly. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor While tobacco has long been a bread-and-butter product for convenience stores, accounting for millions in individual unit sales and boosting the profits from the average smoker’s market basket, it remains a [...]
E-cigarettes offer consumers an alternative to traditional cigarettes. They are also virtually odorless, allowing them to be consumed in locations where traditional smoking is commonly prohibited. By CSD Staff Vapor Corp., one of the only publicly traded companies (OTCBB: VPCO) servicing the electronic cigarette and vaporizer industry, maintains its integrity in a fiercely competitive market [...]
Convenience store operators are enjoying the growing popularity of smokeless tobacco products, but they are also being forced to keep a wary eye on federal and local regulations. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor Is the smokeless tobacco product category, which includes moist snuff, snus and dissolvables, the lifeboat that convenience store retailers hope it will [...]
While flavored and pre-priced cigar sales are booming, FDA’s pending regulation of the category could upset trends and profits. by Erin Rigik, Associate Editor. Tedeschi Food Shops does a strong cigar business, and with 3-4 feet of space reserved for cigars on the back bar, consumers take notice. Sales on cigars were up for the [...]
In recent years, roll-your-own tobacco machines have surfaced at various retail locations putting convenience stores at a competitive disadvantage on price. By Howard Riell, Associate Editor America, and in particular its lawmakers, remains caught in a love-hate relationship with tobacco. That push-pull has resulted in very well-publicized attempts to dissuade Americans from using tobacco, or [...]
Although the electronic cigarette category in the U.S. is barely five years old, a dizzying number of brands are vying for the attention of retailers—and more are entering the fray just about every day. By Marilyn Odesser-Torpey, Associate Editor In a report released in May, UBS Investment Research likened the chaotic e-cigarette category to the e-commerce [...]