For the tenth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Today we continue our ten-part series where we look back our […]
IPCPR 2019 Post Game Report: Day Two
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The talk of the lower attendance of 2019 and chatter about CigarCon 2020 continued into Day Two. For the most part, my feel was that foot traffic at the booths was the same as the day before. However Friday’s complacency about the CigarCon announcement took a very different turn on Day Two of a […]
Cigar News: IPCPR Officially Announces Name Change to PCA and Consumer CigarCon Event
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The long-awaited Major Announcement took place at the 87th International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Convention on June 28th. To nobody’s surprise, the renaming of the IPCPR to the Premium Cigar Association (PCA), the new mission of the organization to include consumers, and subsequent consumer day called CigarCon was the lion’s share of the announcement. […]
IPCPR 2019 Post Game Report: Pre-Show and Day One
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This will be long remembered as the final trade show known as the IPCPR. Next year, the organization will become known as the Premium Cigar Association (PCA). The announcement was made by IPCPR Executive Director Scott Pearce on the eve before the Trade Show opened. Also announced as part of the rebranding is a new […]
2019 IPCPR Pre-Game Report Part 2: The Trends to Watch
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For the tenth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show has you covered whether you […]
Feature Story: Things the PCA Needs to Do to Sell a Consumer Event to the Industry
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This past week, a firestorm emerged in the cigar industry following information that came out of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association’s plans to rebrand itself as the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and subsequent plans to add a consumer component to the Trade Show reportedly called CigarCon. The issue of a consumer component […]
Prime Time Episode 100: IPCPR 2019 Pre-Game – The Big Board
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We made it! This is Episode 100 of the Prime Time Show and the timing couldn’t be any better as the IPCPR Trade Show opens a week later. Tonight Aaron and Coop go through “The Big Board.” This is a comprehensive review of all of the companies and all the releases. If you are going […]
Cigar News: Leaked Information on IPCPR Renaming and Rebranding Sets Off Industry Firestorm
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The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association had plans to unveil a new name and a new mission statement to kick off its 87th Trade Show and Convention. Those announcements did not go off as planned as information leaked out and quickly set off a huge firestorm of reaction across the cigar industry. […]
Announcement: Prime Time Episode 100 – IPCPR 2019 Pre-Game: The Big Board
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We made it! Tonight is Episode 100 of the Prime Time Show and the timing couldn’t be any better as the IPCPR Trade Show opens a week later. Tonight Aaron and Coop go through “The Big Board.”.This is a comprehensive review of all of the companies and all the releases. If you are going […]
2019 IPCPR Pre-Game Report Part 1: A Look at This Year’s Trade Show and Convention
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For the tenth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show has you covered whether you […]