Drew Estate has announced company co-founder Jonathan Drew has signed a new multi-year agreement where he will assume the role as President of the company. In this role, Drew returns to an executive operations position reporting to CEO Glenn Wolfson where his responsibilities will include overseeing the entire portfolio of Drew Estate’s brands. Following the […]
Cigar News: Matt Booth Issues Farewell Statement to the Cigar Industry
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This Monday came word that Room101 brand owner Matt Booth was ending his relationship with Davidoff and would be departing the cigar industry to focus on his jewelry business. Today, we hear from Matt in his own words as he wrote this “Farewell Statement”. We thank Matt for providing this letter to Cigar Coop. We […]
Cigar News: Matt Booth and Room 101 End Relationship with Davidoff
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The Matt Booth era at Davidoff has come to an end – and so has his tenure in the cigar industry. Today, Booth told Cigar Aficonado that he has not renewed his contract with Davidoff and for all practical purposes is leaving the cigar industry for now. Booth also told Cigar Aficionado that he is […]
Cigar News: Jarrid Trudeau Named Vice President of National Sales for Kristoff Cigars
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Kristoff has a new Vice President of National Sales. Today company owner Glen Case announced that Jarrid Trudeau has been named to the position. Trudeau had previously served as the Account Executive for the Northeast territory for Kristoff. “Jarrid joined Kristoff in October 2014; since that time, he has set consistent record sales for the Northeast […]
Cigar News: Espinosa Cigars Streamlines Operations and Announces Senior Management Promotions
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Espinosa Premium Cigars has announced it has streamlined its organization for 2017. As a part of the streamlining, the company announced the promotion of Erik Espinosa Jr to Vice President and Hector Alfonso Sr. to Director of Operations. The moves are designed to position Espinosa Cigars for continued growth in 2017. Company President and […]
Cigar News: Jack Toraño Officially Joins General Cigar Team
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Jack is back – to stay. Jack Torano, who rejoined the Torano Cigar brand earlier this year as a consultant will be now officially joining the General Cigar team as Brand Ambassador beginning January 1st, 2017. It was in 2011 when Torano joined his cousins Carlos and Charlie Torano in the cigar business as Marketing Manager at Torano Family […]
Cigar News: Craig Reynolds to Run STG’s New North American Cluster
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Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced a restructuring that will bring General Cigar, STG Lane, STG Canada, and Cigars International under one group for its North American business. As a part of the change, STG announced that Craig Reynolds will assume the role of Executive Vice President for STG, North America. The changes will […]
Feature Story: The Myth of Rudy Giuliani Saving the Cigar Industry
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Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is well known for his love of cigars. Following his friend Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 Presidential election, there was talk of Giuliani being up for a Cabinet post in the Trump Administration. Given Giuliani’s ties to Trump and potentially having an influential role in the Administration […]
Cigar News: Ricky Somoza Departs A.J. Fernandez
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Ricky Somoza, the U.S. Director of Operations for A.J. Fernandez Cigars has left the company. Multiple sources have confirmed to Cigar Coop that Somoza tendered his resignation earlier this week. Last year, when A.J. Fernandez Cigars’ partner Kris Kachaturian left the company, A.J. Fernandez assumed full control of the party. A new distribution center was established in […]
Cigar News: President-Elect Trump Nominates Rep. Tom Price for Secretary of Health and Human Services
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It’s the Cabinet nomination the cigar industry will most be interested in. Today, President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Georgia Congresman Tom Price M.D. to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. While much of the attention of this appointment will be focused on repealing Obamacare (for which Rep. Price has been a harsh critic), the […]