December, 2007 Retail Profile: Club Humidor: A Texas Family Tradition By Jeffrey Bolton, Photos by Cari Foulk Authenticity is a valued trait in Texas, and wonderfully demonstrated in the retail cigar business by Keith and Tiffany Rumbo of Club Humidor. Boutique Cigarmakers: Tabacos de la Cordillera: Defining Modern Cigars By Frank Seltzer John Vogel’s Tabacos de la Cordillera has taken unique tobacco products to it's ultimate conclusion: replanting genetically pure pre-embargo Cuban tobacco seeds for a classic Cuban taste. Merchandise Focus: Quality Importers: Rethinking the Humidor By Chris Bickers Thanks to major shifts in manufacturing trends, every cigar smoker can afford at least one - sometimes several - humidors.Tapping this changing market segment with style and flair is Quality Importers. 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 Acquires Havana Honeys Premium Cigars CAO and Toraño Announce Distribution Agreement DomRey Cigar Awarded Exclusive Distribution of Panter, Mehari’s Colibri Group Consolidates Operations at New Headquarters Commission Approves Imperial Tobacco Acquisition of Altadis S.A. General Tobacco and Premier Manufacturing Settle ‘Wildhorse’ Trademark Dispute Green Light for Imperial Tobacco’s MSA Bid Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers Little-Taxed Cigars Increasingly Flagged as “Glaring Omissions” - by E. Edward Hoyt III What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry New concepts, Trends, and Trendsetters in Tobacco Retailing Looking Ahead: Tobacco Issues in 2008 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 © 1998-2007 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1998-2007 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.