The talk of the lower attendance of 2019 and chatter about CigarCon 2020 continued into Day Two. For the most part, my feel was that foot traffic at the booths was the same as the day before. However Friday’s complacency about the CigarCon announcement took a very different turn on Day Two of a […]
This will be long remembered as the final trade show known as the IPCPR. Next year, the organization will become known as the Premium Cigar Association (PCA). The announcement was made by IPCPR Executive Director Scott Pearce on the eve before the Trade Show opened. Also announced as part of the rebranding is a new […]
For the tenth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Today we begin a ten part series where we look back our experiences at […]
For the tenth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show has you covered whether you […]
Each year before the annual IPCPR Trade Show., there are a large number of product announcements that come before the IPCPR Trade Show. In what will now become an annual tradition on Cigar Coop, we select one company that we feel is poised to have a big impact at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. This […]
For the tenth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show has you covered whether you […]
This past week, a firestorm emerged in the cigar industry following information that came out of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association’s plans to rebrand itself as the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and subsequent plans to add a consumer component to the Trade Show reportedly called CigarCon. The issue of a consumer component […]
For the tenth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show has you covered whether you […]
Over the past few years, cigars produced in Costa Rica have performed extremely well on Cigar Coop as evidenced by the performance ratings over the years. When the opportunity presented itself to visit the Tabacos de Costa Rica factory located in Costa Rica, I was quite intrigued to find out why these cigars were consistently […]
Each year on Cigar Coop, we do an annual review of the Top 12 Stories / Themes related to the cigar industry. One of the stories for 2013 revolved around the City of New York becoming the first major municipality to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21. At the time I noted a potential […]
