For many years, Global Premium Cigars and 1502 Cigars could be considered interchangeable, but all of that changed this year as Global Premium Cigars introduced its second brand called Cachitos. Cachitos introduces a value-priced bundle-packaged offering – filling a gap that existed in CEO Enrique Sanchez’s cigar portfolio. Cachitos utilizes a Nicaraguan wrapper over a Honduran […]
As in the past Miami Cigar and Company’s booth served as a hub for its own brands as well as the other brands it distributes a this year’s IPCPR Trade Show. In 2018, those brands include the La Aurora and Toscano brands. One big change from 2017 was the absence of Viva Republica from the […]
Crowned Heads opted out of launching a new regular production line at this year’s IPCPR. Crowned Heads has a healthy portfolio of regular production lines and it’s always good when a company does not come out with a new line just for the sake of coming out with a new line. More impressive, Crowned Heads […]
De Los Reyes returned to IPCPR with the same booth as last year. The booth’s library design is reflective of its Saga branding. Each year, this is a very welcoming booth from both a visual and personal perspective. The library is filled with books reminiscent of the Saga Short Tales series. While there are many […]
The daily recaps on Cigar Coop are the first time in our nine consecutive years of IPCPR that we have done this. They have been meant to provide a different perspective on each day of the show. When it comes to the IPCPR Trade Show as a whole, the full IPCPR Post Game report […]
Day three of the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show saw the attention switch to what was a familiar topic over the past few years – attendance and perception of foot traffic. I’ve mentioned numerous times that attendance numbers are something that there is little point in reporting on. This is because that ultimately it is sales […]
“Nobody told me there’d be days like these…Strange days indeed” – John Lennon. As someone who has been covering the IPCPR Trade Show since 2010, I’m certainly able to come up with my share of stories. But the date July 15, 2018 will absolutely be the one that will forever be etched in my mind. […]
The 2017 IPCPR Trade Show was a challenging one for Cigar Coop, but the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show got off to a very good start. For starters, the potential norovirus outbreak at Westgate Hotel did not seem an issue. All of the seminars and breakout sessions, including the Opening Breakfast, were moved to the Las […]
For the ninth 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 has you covered whether you are going to the show or following […]
This year, there will be one company that will be the talk of the show – and it’s a company poised to have what could be its biggest IPCPR to date. That company is Drew Estate. Nearly four years ago, Swisher International acquired Drew Estate. At the time, the reaction was polarizing and many wondered […]
