April 1998 Volume 25 Number 2 Retailing Strategies: Operating a Satellite Retail Cigar Program by Bob Ashley Despite news of shakeouts and slumping import growth, cigars continue to find their way into new "non-traditional" retail outlets every day. Can smoke shops claim a part of the action? Many already have, occupying profitable new layers in the wholesale - retail chain. 30th Annual TAA Meeting: Looking in New Directions by E. Edward Hoyt III The nation's upper echelon of tobacco shopsmakes "selling pride in the tobacco industry" its rallying call at a special 30th anniversary edition of its annual meeting and convention, held this year in Maui, Hawaii. Trendwatch: Lockwood Publications Adds Internet Advertising Programs by C. Raoul Pantalones Lockwood Publications has recently entered intoInternet sales and services. With several new Internet capabilities and expanded services, tobacconists now have access to more information, new advertising opportunities, and the chance to be included in the most complete listing of smokeshops available to consumers. Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's general news department. bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. Fader's Merger Transfers Company's Leadership Outside of Family After Three Generations Tabacalera Completes Purchase of Max Rohr Smoker's Gallery Merges With Windsor Capital Senate Confirms New Surgeon General LRG Restaurant Eyes Havana Cigar, Cigarz Premium Cigar Import s Up 77% in 1997; Largest Annual Jump To Date Davidoff Breaks Ground for US Headquarters Expansion Budd Leather to Handle Mastro de Paja Humidors, Accessories 800-JR Cigar Buys Casa Blanca, Natco FTC Requests Financial Data on Sales, Advertising From Major Cigar Companies Dominican Cigar Acquires Tio Cigar Corp. Seita, Tabacalera Strike Alliance Caribbean Cigar Pulls Production From Indonesia Big Profits for Major Cigar Companies in 1997 Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers "SHAKEUP, RATTLE, AND ROLL" by E. Edward Hoyt III What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry Products and News from the Pipe World Equipment and Services for Effective Retailing Yesterday's News from the Lockwood's Press Vaults SMOKESHOP (ISSN 0146-9266), established in 1970, is published bi-monthly by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc., 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 1050, New York, NY 10036 USA. Copyright © 1998 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1998 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.