As we head into early spring, it’s the time of the year when we see many candela-wrapped cigars hit the market. This week, a release is scheduled to hit the market called Sylent Green – a cigar that contains candela tobacco in the filler. The project was announced on the January 29, 2022 edition of […]
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 […]
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 […]
This month, General Cigar Company will have its annual launch of the Punch Rare Corojo. For 2022, a special 6 1/8 x 40/54 figurado size will be a part of the collection known as the Aristocrat. The Aristocrat is a size that goes back to a size produced by Punch Cigar founder Frank Llaneza at […]
Favilli Cigars SA has announced its fifth installment of its Cosecha Series, the Favilli Cosecha 2016. The name “cosecha” is Spanish for “harvest.” It’s a concept that is analogous to harvesting premium grapes from a particular crop in the wine world. Cosecha 2016 features the best tobaccos harvested from the year 2016. Normally Cosecha releases […]
The Premium Cigar Association is getting ready to roll out a major new strategic initiative called Vision 50. In order to better support this initiative, the PCA has announced role changes for two key members of its Executive Team. First up, Joshua Habursky has been promoted to Deputy Executive Director of the PCA. Habursky will […]
Brian Diggins has been named National Sales Director of K by Karen Berger/Don Kiki Cigars. Hailing from College Station, Texas, Diggins will now assist in evaluating the national sales force and be in charge of opening all new accounts in unincorporated areas throughout the country. In addition, Diggins will also be the lead sales representative […]
Fuerte y Libre Cigars has announced immediate availability of Fuerte y Libre Cigars Inc’s Midnight Bender Gordo. The 6 x 60 Gordo is a line extension to the company’s Midnight Bender line. “This addition is directly related to our customer outreach program,” said Greg Free, President at Fuerte y Libre Cigars. “We asked what you […]
