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The premium cigarettes category continues to grow, with brands Chancellor and House of Prince both launching high-priced, high-quality lines in duty-free in recent years. But, writes Jonathan Brown, the market [...]

In a category that has traditionally epitomised the retail philosophy of 'pile it high, sell it cheap', many still believe the category sells itself. But a professional and innovative merchandising [...]

Not long ago, access to China's lucrative market was a fantasy for foreign tobacco suppliers. But following the country's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, the state monopoly [...]

Davidoff Cigars has augmented its critically acclaimed 702 Series cigar line with two additional products: Grand Cru Robusto and Aniversario Short Perfecto (pictured). The Swiss company attributes the global success [...]

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has launched a new limited-edition pack exclusively for Dubai Duty Free at Dubai International airport, which handles around 66 million passenger annually. The Camel pack features [...]

Chinese tobacco supplier Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co Ltd has pinpointed its Double Happiness Tin Collection as ideal gift products for the channel. According to Nanyang sales and marketing department representative [...]

Many in the business regard consolidation among suppliers as a destructive force, eliminating competition, restricting opportunities for smaller suppliers and reducing options for retailers. But there are more benign forms [...]

With a handful of brands dominating the market, it is not surprising that there have been fewer cigarette launches in recent years than in any other product category. Instead, leading [...]

Although health and the environment dominate the public debate about the hazards of smoking, such concerns often seem neglected in the design of airport smoking areas. With the choice, at [...]

The global travel market may have suffered over the last year, yet low-cost carriers have had a profound impact in driving passenger volumes in Europe. London Luton airport now claims [...]

With descriptor bans now in place, forcing tobacco companies to stop using descriptions such as 'mild' or 'lights' in their marketing, and the virtual elimination of all forms of advertising, [...]

As the third biggest tobacco manufacturer worldwide, and the owner of the worlds second most successful cigarette brand, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is a global player in the tobacco market. [...]

US Cigar supplier JC Newman has attributed increased demand for smaller cigar packs over the past year due to financial constraints among consumers. The trend for boxes of 25 cigars [...]

Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has pinpointed the Macanudo Inspirado cigar as its main travel-retail focus for 2015. Available in orange boxes of four cigars, the cigar fillers are a blend [...]

British American Tobacco International (BATI) is looking to provide consumers with super-premium offers across its brand portfolio. BATI general manager Christian Lowe (pictured), who cited last year's sale by Schiphol [...]

DFNI: How has your cigar business fared over the past year? Hani Gress: Our tobacco turnover for the first nine months of 2002 was Dh16.1m ($4.4m), and cigars represent 9% [...]

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) will introduce its Winston Super Slims line extension in duty-free at this month's TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes. Super Slims are already prominent in domestic markets [...]

US-Mexico border retailer Baja Duty Free has launched an educational campaign outlining the benefits of buying duty-free. A high percentage of its customers don't understand the concept of duty-free and [...]

The Nordic Travel Retail Group is to engage the Norwegian government to discuss the implications of proposed tobacco marketing restrictions in Norway on travel-retail. The proposals would mean that all [...]

Italian group Maccaferri has unveiled plans to develop the Toscano cigar business acquired from British-American Tobacco in the second half of the year. The company will aim to promote the [...]

UK tobacco supplier Imperial Tobacco has noted the growth of value cigarette brands on the UK domestic market and has urged travel retailers to work with brand owners to capitalise [...]

This month's TFWA World Exhibition will feature four new tobacco exhibitors, taking the total number of tobacco companies present at the show to 21. While it may be their debut [...]

Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corp (KT&G) is seeking to expand its presence in markets beyond Asia/Pacific, with duty-free a key channel for the former state tobacco monopoly. The company, which [...]

British-American Tobacco has commissioned a one-off bejeweled Lucky Strike pack celebrating the brand's status as a design icon and its 'passion for creativity'. The pack, valued at $100,000, will be [...]

Hong Kong retailer Sky Connection will urge its suppliers to place more emphasis on travel-retail presentation as it seeks to improve the appearance of its cigarette offer in the face [...]

Last month's TFWA Asia Pacific show provided mixed messages for the campaign to protect duty-free tobacco sales. While the Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) succeeded in persuading two multinational [...]

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has launched the latest marketing campaign for its Winston cigarette brand. The new visuals, which were unveiled in domestic markets in Ukraine, Greece and Russia, build [...]

The Sri Lankan government is considering a proposal to abolish the country's inbound duty-free tobacco allowance, a move that would effectively end tobacco sales at Alpha Orient Lanka's arrivals duty-free [...]

SRI LANKA. Tourists and returning nationals will be unable to purchase tobacco products at Sri Lanka's arrivals duty-free stores or on board flights into the country from April 1. The [...]

The European Travel Retail Council's (ETRC) campaign to protect sales of duty-free tobacco products has been endorsed by all five regional trade associations. All documents for the 2006 campaign, entitled [...]

It is a mark of Imperial Tobacco's strong management that the company has managed to make several significant personnel changes to its travel-retail team at the same time as working [...]

Protege International has revealed it is to launch a line extension to its Narrow Margin brand, Narrow Margin Silhouettes. The new product is an ultra-light variant, which features a skyline [...]

Swiss cigar supplier Villiger is to unveil a special edition of its Villiger Export short cigar brand at TFWA World Exhibition this month (Mediterranean Village, stand N7). Villiger Export Square [...]

UK supplier Imperial Tobacco has outlined its strategy for travel-retail over the coming year. New marketing manager travel-retail Andy Pass told DFNI that his main concerns since joining the division [...]

Dutch cigar specialist Henri Wintermans is to introduce assortment packs for two brands at this year's TFWA World Exhibition. For cigarillo line Cafe Creme the company is offering a pack [...]

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is to consider linking its retail offer at airport stores with marketing in its Camel and Winston smoking lounges and stations. The company runs about 50 [...]

Hong Kong-based distributor Silver Base is keen to attract smokers beyond the loyal Chinese following for its flagship cigarette brand Hongtashan. Following the launch of a premium version of the [...]

Armenian supplier Cigaronne hopes to expand its travel-retail presence in Asia/Pacific after it exhibited at the TFWA Asia Pacific show for the first time last month. The company presented its [...]

Franco-Spanish tobacco supplier Altadis has reported positive results in the first few weeks of its 2005 Gauloises global promotion, which was launched at Frankfurt International airport in April. Sales of [...]

Imperial Tobacco is hoping to repeat the success of its Davidoff Windows of the World promotion in 2004 when it unveils this year's campaign, Celebrate the World. The company claimed [...]

India Tourism Development Corp (ITDC) has named cigars as one of the retailer's fastest-growing categories of 2004 following strong results from a new dedicated cigar store that opened at Delhi [...]