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Oct./Nov. 2000 |
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IF YOU HOST IT, THEY WILL COME… …or will they? Staff Report This year’s RTDA exhibit hall seemed downright quiet at times: Such an expansive space for such a focused group of retailers. But sales tell the real story, and the story - for most - was good. |
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CIGARS: Full Speed Ahead by E. Edward Hoyt III Are there really fewer cigar smokers in the martketplace? You’d be hard-pressed to tell given the number of new cigars introduced by manufacturers this summer. Tobaccos are aged; production isn’t rushed; the fly-by-nights are gone… Could it get any better than this? |
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CIGARETTES: On a Roll by E. Edward Hoyt III Soaring taxes and price increases prompted by the Master Settlement Agreement have fueled the growth in the roll-your-own and make-your-own cigarette segment, reflected by numerous product introductions in this once sleepy, European segment. |
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PIPES: On the Move by James Lawson Hopes of a grand-scale, nationwide pipe boom may have been wishfull thinking, but the industry has found the next best thing: a measurable surge in pipe orders that had major suppliers smiling at the San Antionio RTDA trade show. Retailers were tempted with plenty of new offerings. |
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Retailer and Tobacco Industry News
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Havana Group Completes Phillips & King Purchase
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Colibri Obtains Injunction for Copyright Infringement
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TPN Buys Back U.S. Rights to Joya de Nicaragua; S.A.G. to Distribute
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Courts Uphold Massachusetts Tobacco Ad Rules
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800-JR Cigar Goes Private
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California’s Proposition 10 Trial Gets Underway
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Mike Ditka Keynote Speaker at ITE in Vegas
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Tobacco Manufacturers to Fight Canadian Labeling Laws
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Peter Stokkebye opens its North American sales
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke Listed As Carcinogen
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Dominican Government Continues Ban on Tobacco Planting
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