Davidoff of Geneva USA has promoted two company veterans to head up its marketing and sales division. Lana Fraser, who served as a brand manager in Davidoff, has been named Director, Head of Marketing for Davidoff of Geneva USA. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Guagliardo who has served as Davidoff’s Director of Key Accounts has been named Director, […]
At the start of 2019, Davidoff announced a new limited edition cigar under its Davidoff Winston Churchill line called the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2019. It’s the second limited edition cigar to be released under the Davidoff Winston Churchill brand since the brand’s relaunch in 2015 following the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2016. […]
“Holding the line” is a term I use to describe those companies that come into the IPCPR with no new product and no new packaging. It’s the final article of our 2019 IPCPR Coverage – and at times it is the most challenging one to write. Namely, what exactly do you write – that the […]
Later today, Davidoff will release its latest installment in the Davidoff Vault Series, the Davidoff Kizuna. The Kizuna was originally released in Japan where it was created for a charity event in support of an earthquake that had hit the country. The cigar itself features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over Dominican binder and filler. it […]
Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance on the Substantial Equivalence process. As a part of issuing such guidance, there must be a public comment period. The comment period came to a close on July 17th (following a 30-day extension granted by the FDA). This saw many cigar companies […]
One of AVO Cigars’ new launches was a series called AVO Unexpected, and in a way that set the tone for the 2019 IPCPR for AVO. AVO Cigars isn’t normally known for a lot of new IPCPR Trade Show offerings, but at this year’s trade show, the brand came forward with six blends – leading […]
Last year, Davidoff launched a new brand known as Back2Back. It’s a brand that had a contemporary feel featuring artwork from Fernando Romero and Mike Baca, two graffiti artists known as the UR New York team. The duo has worked with Davidoff in the past on the Zino brand providing both artwork and serving as […]
For the past six years, Camacho Cigars has for the most part stuck to a pattern when it comes to its releases – namely a major release prior to IPCPR, and a limited release at the Trade Show itself. 2019 saw a change this year as Camacho chose to unveil its major offerings for 2019 […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, AVO Cigars showcased a pair of regional limited-edition releases. The AVO Regional East Edition and AVO Regional West Edition will be distributed exclusively in the eastern and western U.S. markets. The AVO Regional East and West Limited Editions will only be offered to cigar stores according to their geographical […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Camacho Cigars introduced a new square tubo offering for its Camacho BXP line. Two years ago, Camacho introduced the Camacho BXP line. It’s a line of box-pressed editions of the Camacho Corojo, Camacho Connecticut, and Camacho Ecuador line that also incorporates American Broadleaf tobaccos into each of the blends. […]
