The Premium Cigar Association has announced it is postponing CigarCon, the proposed consumer component as a part of the annual Trade Show and Convention until 2021. Very simply, this was the right call made at the right time. At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, the IPCPR announced it was rebranding and refocusing the mission […]
The consumers are not coming – at least in 2020. The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has announced its plans for CigarCon, a consumer event held in conjunction with its annual convention and trade show, will not take place in 2020 and will be considered for 2021. PCA has also announced it is forming a […]
For the fifth year in a row, we are providing a full “Post-Game Report” assessing the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Convention and Trade Show. In this report, we talk more about the show itself and give our thoughts on the impacts to the cigar industry. This year we once again did four daily […]
Bear and Coop are back from covering IPCPR 2019 and tonight on Special Edition #56, we give your our annual Post Game Show. Bead and Coop will cover all the booths they visited at IPCPR and provide commentary on what they saw. Plus weigh in on all of the happenings that surrounded this year’s […]
It was the worst-kept secret heading into IPCPR 2019. Through a series of leaks, IPCPR’s plans to rebrand as the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and launch a consumer component to the annual Convention and Trade Show known as CigarCon were made public. On Friday, June 28th, IPCPR Executive Director Scott Pearce formally announced these plans. […]
