For Special Edition #36, Bear and Coop are back from covering the IPCPR, and they will share their thoughts on covering it as a team. It was Bear’s first IPCPR, and for Coop it was the first time he had a co-pilot for the coverage. We will talk about how things went for the duo. […]
For the fourth year in a row, we are providing a full “Post-Game Report” assessing the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show. This year we added four daily “post-game” recaps from the show floor. At the same time, I felt the need to continue to have the detailed post-game analysis of the trade show. In this […]
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 […]
