June, 2006 Retail Profile: Jeffrey Stone, Ltd. By Jeff Bolton It’s been a wild, 28-year ride in Houston, “Boom or Bust” Texas for high-end retailer Jeffrey Stone, but careful attention to merchandise diversity has paid untold dividends - and ensured his very survival. Cigar Producers: Zino Davidoff: A Legend at 100 By E. Edward Hoyt, III A global brand rose from a simple message of the love of tobacco and desire to truly enjoy its pleasures: thoughtfully, and with passion. Distributor Spotlight: New Orleans Gator Group Surviving Katrina Staff Report; When Hurricane Katrina destroyed their cigar accessories whole­saling business, partners Leonard Haggarty and “Ed” Denney moved to Tacoma, Wa. to start all over. Cigar Production: The Fine Art of Blending By Dale Scott; By mixing different types of tobacco according to a precise recipe, cigar masters create a blueprint to produce a cigar with certain desirable characteristics. Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's Industry news department, bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. General Cigar Sues Companies for Cohiba Counterfeiting BAT to Sell Toscano Cigar Operations to Italian Group Attorney General Halts Cigarettes Sold as “Little Cigars” Reynolds American Acquires Conwood; Merger with Lane Subsidiary NH, CA, IL Pass Low Ignition Propensity Cigarette Laws Rick Smith Forms Independent Leaf Tobacco Company Victor Vitale Creates “The Cigar Agency,” Regional Sales Agents Minnesota ‘Health Impact Fee’ is Upheld Roberto Duran Backs Adan y Eva Cigars Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers The State of Retailing: - by E. Edward Hoyt III What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry Trends and Trendsetters in Specialty Tobacco Retailing Merchandise and News from the Pipe World Tobacco Products and Industry Promotions SMOKESHOP (ISSN 0146-9266), established in 1970, is published bi-monthly by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc., 26 Broadway, Floor 9M, New York, NY 10004 USA. Copyright © 1998-2005 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1998-2006 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.