August 2003 Retail Profile: UPtown's Smoke Shop: World-Class Style in Nashville by Bob Ashley A new makeover for a local icon tops a series of changes that's kept this well-tuned shop at peak performance. Cigar Manufacturers: Thinking BIG by E. Edward Hoyt III Amidst memories of brash upstarts - those whose rise and fiery fall became synonymous with the cigar boom itself - Tabacalera Perdomo has kept its impressive growth under focused control, continually generating excitement in the marketplace and raising its own standards along the way. Distributor Focus: A Rising Force in Pipes by Bob Ashley For Music City Marketing, its high-profile deal with Alfred Dunhill may be the feather in its cap, but the Nashville-based wholesaler has been steadily building the high end of its extensive product line for quite some time. Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's Industry news department, bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. New York's Cigarette Safety Law Delayed Republic Tobacco Awarded $10.6 Million Cheyenne Starts Own Cigarette Production Oklahoma Poised to Seize Non-Compliant Cigarettes The Ultimate Cigar Book Celebrates 10th Year Cigar Family Community Complex to be Built in Caribe, Dominican Republic Value of Smokers' Accessories Imports Falls 2.0% Compay Segundo dies at 95 "Cigar Capital of the World" Celebrates Cigar Heritage Festival Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers Five Years Later and Still Adjusting - 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 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1999-2003 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.