At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Nat Sherman will launch a major portfolio overhaul and new branding strategy. This will restructure the premium cigar and cigarillo lines in the Nat Sherman portfolio into three brands. It’s also the first major announcement from Nat Sherman since the brand was acquired by Altria last year. Under the […]
Altria Group, the parent company of Nat Sherman, has announced a corporate restructuring. As a part of the new organizational structure, Nat Sherman will be a part of the new Core Tobacco Division and have a new Managing Director and General Manager in Dominik Meier. As a part of the new structure, Altria is establishing […]
Altria Client Services LLC has issued a public comment to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s ANPRM on the Regulation of Premium Cigars requesting a 90-day extension to the public comment period. The comment was submitted on behalf of Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Company (“JMC”), and Sherman Group Holdings LLC and its […]
Tobacco giant Altria has announced it has acquired Sherman Group Holdings LLC, the company that distributes Nat Sherman Cigars. The announcement was made earlier this morning in a press release by Altria. Nat Sherman is known to many cigar enthusiasts for its premium cigar offerings, but it also has a very large super premium cigarette […]
Altria’s lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been dropped. The lawsuit challenged the FDA Deeming Regulations over the use of the word “Mild” in Altria’s “Black and Mild” product. Earlier this week, on a conference call question and answer session with the media discussing Altria’s second quarter earnings, Altria CEO Marty Barrington indicated […]
The first legal challenge from the tobacco business against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s recent final Deeming Rule on Tobacco has been filed. On Thursday May 26 2016, Altria filed a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court in Washington DC over the FDA’s recent ban on the use of the word “Mild” on the company’s […]
