William Cooper is a Owner of Indian Trail Media LLC, and the founder of the Cigar Coop brand, the cigar industry's true 365 a year periodical. He is also the host of the Cigar Coop Prime Time Show, Cigar Coop Prime Time Special Edition, and Prime Time Jukebox.
It was in 1995 when Arturo Fuente Cigars would unveil their landmark cigar, the Fuente Fuente OpusX. What made OpusX such a significant project is that it proved to the world an ultra-premium Dominican puro cigar could be made with a Dominican-grown wrapper. The other thing that is significant about OpusX is that it is […]
Alec Bradley Cigar Company has announced the Black Market Filthy Hooligan and Black Market Filthy Hooligan Shamrock, two annual seasonal releases, are now heading to retailers. The Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan made its debut in 2013 as a Candela-wrapped offering. In 2016, the Filthy Hooligan was switched to a barber-pole featuring a Candela […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
Lightspeed, a company that provides e-commerce and marketing services, has informed its retail tobacco, vaping, CBD, cannabis, and marijuana product customers that they will no longer be allowed to send SMS marketing messages on its platform. The change is effective today, February 11, 2022. The Lightspeed Loyalty platform allows retail customers to create marketing campaigns using […]
“What’s old is new” is not a radical new concept with the premium cigar industry. Over the years, we have seen brands discontinued only to later make a comeback with a lot of fanfare. Such was the case when Alec Bradley Cigar Company brought back the Alec Bradley Trilogy line. Trilogy gets its name from […]
On Sunday February 13th, the Big Game between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals will take place, but tonight we will be talking Big Game Halftime Shows! The one and only Fred Rewey joins us as we look back at the history of the Halftime Shows – what worked and what didn’t work. Plus, […]
Forged Cigar Company has said it has added the La Gloria Cubana Serie R Natural No. 8, a 7 x 70 offering – the largest cigar in the line to date. The La Gloria Cubana Serie R Natural consists of an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binders, and a combination of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. The […]
Tonight, we are proud to welcome back Ian Reith of Dapper Cigar Company. It’s been a while since we have had Ian on for a full show. Ian’s always full of great information, and there has been plenty going on with his company. We’ll catch up with Ian and get the latest. Plus we […]
On Episode 63 of Prime Time Jukebox, we continue our recap of the Rolling Stone’s recent refresh of their Top 500 songs of all time. This segment will cover songs 300 to 251 and Dave and Coop will go through some of their favorites that made the list, and assess how fairly these favorites were […]
On Episode 62 of Prime Time Jukebox, we continue our recap of the Rolling Stone’s recent refresh of their Top 500 songs of all time. This segment will cover songs 350 to 301 and Dave and Coop will go through some of their favorites that made the list, and assess how fairly these favorites were […]