Welcome to our 2014 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. During the next few weeks, we are providing a preview into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on July 19th. Over the next few weeks, we’ll continue our weekly preview from an industry standpoint. In between, expect lots of announcements […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop and Stogie Geeks. It is a combination of our news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. We will also recap what happened on our Stogie Geeks show. Finally, each week we will […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a 30 day extension of the public comment for the proposed rule “Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act”. The public comment period will now close on August 8th, […]
Gran Habano cigars will be adding a maduro counterpart to its limited edition Barracuda line. The S.T.K. Miami Barracuda, like its Habano counterpart will be limited in production. The new maduro will make its debut at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. The S.T.K. Miami Barracuda will be made at owner George Rico’s G.R. Tabacaleras Co. […]
Glynn Loope, the Executive Director of Cigar Rights of America was a special guest on the 6/19/14 edition of Stogie Geeks. On the show he revealed that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that the economic impacts of the proposed regulations in the […]
This past week, the long awaited Tatuaje Pudgy Monsters series has started arriving at retailers nationwide. This is a sampler pack that contains smaller versions of the six popular Monster Series releases, as well as two additional unreleased blends. The Pudgy Monsters is similar to 2012’s Tatuaje Little Monsters series with one difference – the […]
Cigar Coop has learned that Mark Pursell will be named the new Chief Operating Officer for the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association. Pursell succeeds Bill Spann who resigned last September. Pursell comes from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) where he served as the Senior Vice President for that organization. Reagan Starner […]
Photo Credit: Eddie Ortega Facebook Eddie Ortega has teamed up with Manassas Virginia retailer Tobaccology to release “The Glynn Loope Project – Take a Stand” cigar. While the cigar pays tribute to Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Executive Director Glynn Loope, the cigar was put in place to commemorate the work around the fight […]
Regius Cigars is once again partnering with Mitchell Orchant of Alfie Turmeaus Tobacconist to release Regius Cigars Seleccion Orchant. Orchant is best known for being one of the largest retailers of Cuban Cigars in the U.K. Last year, Regius Cigars’ founder Akhil Kapacee teamed up Orchant to release the limited production, Regius Seleccion Orchant Robusto. […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
