June/July 1999 Cover Story: From Seed to Store, Davidoff Gets Vertical Staff Report Very little about Davidoff of Geneva’s philosophy has changed in the past 31 years, a legacy of service and quality established by Zino, the foremost cigar retailer of his time. Legislative Issues: Taxing Times by Dale Scott Unraveling just how Prop 10 came to pass remains fodder for speculation, even as the industry gears up to battle Prop 10 in the California courts. Merchandising Promotions: In-Store is In Vogue by Bob Ashley Manufacturers are courting customer loyalty with in-store promotional events at tobacco shops, not local restaurants, and reaping the long-term benefits as dinners loose favor. Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's general news department. bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. Birth of E-commerce Cigar Sites Continues to Surge Arizona Clamps Down on Golf Event Cigar Sales Minnesota Tax Evasion Hotline Ensnares Tobacco Retailer More Angelo & Maxie’s Cigar Shops General Cigar Predicts Growth in Premiums WHO Attacks Cigars, Pipe Smoking Bahia, Tabacalera Tambor Join Cigar Operations Sales Up, Income Down at Holt’s Cigar Austria Tabak Buys Swedish Match Cigs Latin American Casinos Plans Discount Cigar Wholesaling Aristoff Launches Incentive Program for Tobacco Shops Cigar Funds Aid for Hurricane Orphans NY Times Bans Tobacco Ads Fuente Feted by Robb Report Tabacalera Taps Yahoo! for Romeo y Julieta 1875 Giveaway Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers You Call This a Slump? by E. Edward Hoyt III What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry Equipment and Services for Effective Retailing Products 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., 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 1050, New York, NY 10036 USA. Copyright © 1998 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1999 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.