The three major trade organizations of the cigar industry have pledged a united front to respond to the regulations issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Today the Cigar Association of America (CAA), Cigar Rights of America (CRA), and International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) issued a letter pledging unity. At the same […]
While we have covered the trade show for the past five years, we really haven’t done an appropriate “wrap up” or recap on Cigar Coop. Thus, this year, we present the first “Post Game” report. This won’t put a close to the 2015 IPCPR coverage. Our product-centric coverage will continue over the next week or […]
Editor’s Note For the sixth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. For the past three years we have brought to you our multi-part preview series on what to expect from the show. This year we made some […]
The City of New Orleans, Louisiana moved toward becoming the latest major metropolitan area to enact a sweeping city-wide smoking ban. Today the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously 7-0 to enact a smoking ban. The bill now goes to New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu where he is expected to sign it. It will go […]
The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) has announced plans to relocate from Columbus, Georgia to Washington, DC. The association has acquired a three-story commercial townhouse in the Northeast section of Washington DC that will be used to house its new headquarters. Plans are for the relocation to take place in the Summer of […]
La Palina Cigars will launch the La Palina Black Label line. The cigar will make its debut at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. The La Palina Black Label will become the fifth regular production line in Bill Paley’s company. It will also join the La Palina Classic as two lines coming out […]
Cigar Coop has learned that Mark Pursell will be named the new Chief Operating Officer for the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association. Pursell succeeds Bill Spann who resigned last September. Pursell comes from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) where he served as the Senior Vice President for that organization. Reagan Starner […]
Editor’s Note: Guidance has been issued by Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and now the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association in regards for submitting public comment. Cigar Coop strongly advises consumers to look at the CRA guidance and retailers to look at the IPCPR guidance. This past Friday, IPCPR issued guidance to […]
The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association has responded to proposed regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outlined in the recently released Deeming Document. The proposed regulations have been published and will be available for a period of 75 days of public comment ending on July 10, 2014. Of importance to the […]
The push for regulation of premium cigars by the FDA becoming a reality. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has released their latest version of the proposed regulatory agenda. According to a communication by the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR), this is […]
