The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has announced that it has terminated its contract with one of its lobbying firms, Federal Advocates. The announcement comes hours after the FBI raided the home of Michael Esposito, founder of the firm. According to media reports, Esposito’s home was raided in search of evidence of financial fraud. The Washington […]
Today the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) advised its retail members to will immediately stop selling to anyone under the age of 21 following an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the Federal Government raising the tobacco purchase age to 21. The FDA issued the following statement on its website: [themify_box ] […]
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 […]
Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance on the Substantial Equivalence process.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 […]
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has reported the attendance numbers for the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. 2019 2018 Change Retailer Attendees 2085 2054 1.51% Retail Accounts 771 778 -0.90% Retail Stores 2017 1742 15.79% Total Attendees 5462 5328 2.52% From an official attendance standpoint, PCA reported a 1.51% increase in retailers and a 2.52% […]
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. […]
One of the major players in the cigar industry has said based on the current plans by the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) for its CigarCon event that he is pulling out. David Garofalo today confirmed on the July 6th edition of his The Cigar Authority podcast that PCA 2020 will go on without him. Garofalo […]
