Ken Hamlin is a former NFL star who played Safety for the Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, and Baltimore Ravens. In 2007, he earned a trip to the Pro Bowl. Following a successful career, Hamlin started his own cigar brand, known as The Arrival. The cigar is produced by La Aurora Cigars and Hamlin was present […]
This year the story was that Ashton had a booth again. Last year, Ashton had opted to go with an open space with tables for taking orders. While the 2022 Ashton booth was not as big as in the past, it still provided a nice display for its products. This year, what was new to […]
La Aurora has been a company that embraces its history. As 2022 is the first of two major milestones – what would have been the 100th birthday of Don Fernando León – I’d have thought it would be more emphasized. The next milestone is the 120th anniversary of the factory in 2023. While it’s premature […]
Fratello Cigars first came to the Trade Show back in 2013 when it was still part of the IPCPR. That year, owner Omar de Frias was an employee of NASA making his initial launch of his brand. That year, the brand got a nice boost when De Frias made his cigar available to all attendees […]
Over the years, Padrón Cigars has had some high-profile launches at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and its predecessor shows (IPCPR, RTDA). When it came to the 2022 PCA Trade Show, nothing came close to what we saw with the collaboration with Arturo Fuente for Fuente y Padrón Legends. While this might not be a […]
Last year HVC Cigars celebrated ten years in business, but the past year has perhaps been the most important for the company. In June 2021, the company announced it would be handling its own distribution which includes warehousing ad order fulfillment. Almost a year later in June 2022, the company announced it was opening its […]
When it comes to Day Four, which is the final day of the Premium Cigar Associate (PCA) Trade Show, there typically is a drop in foot traffic (Cigar Coop describes this as the actual amount of trade show attendees on the floor). As in the past, there was a drop this year. The good news […]
Day Three started with a press conference for the media with Premium Cigar Association. I’ll make this plain and simple. Shame on the cigar media who didn’t send team members to cover the press conference. This year I represented the Cigar Coop team while the other three members were visiting booths. To see cigar media […]
I’m going to say the theme of Day Two of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show was crowds – and it wasn’t attendance related. First up was the unveiling of Legends, the joint project being released by Arturo Fuente and Padrón Cigars. It’s a project where Jorge Padrón blended a cigar in tribute to […]
Scott Pearce, Greg Zimmermann, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Staff, and its Board of Directors, must be very happy with the opening day of the 2022 PCA Trade Show. While we have not received attendance numbers, there definitely seems to be more attendees than in previous years and there has been a great positive vibe […]
