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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
General Cigar Company has announced that Alan Willner, the company’s Vice President of Marketing since 2011 has left the company to pursue other interests. The company also announced that current General Cigar President Regis Broesma will assume the day to day leadership of General’s marketing efforts. In a press release announcing Willner’s departure Broesma commented, […]
In a move that could lead to a change in the course of action of United States relations with Cuba, President-Elect Donald Trump named Mauricio Claver-Carone to his Transition Team for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Claver-Carone currently serves as Executive Director of Cuba Democracy Advocates, a lobbying group in favor of keeping the U.S. Embargo against Cuba intact. He […]
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, the Communist party revolutionary and dictator who seized power in Cuba in 1959, implementing a totalitarian regime and nationalizing business and industry has died. He was 90 years old. Castro’s death was announced in Cuba by Castro’s brother and current President of Cuba, Raul Castro just after midnight EDT. In addition to […]
PDR Cigars has hired two new regional sales managers as well as a new inside sales person. The company has named Charles Royal its new Southeast Regional Sales Manager and Jesus Pachuca Jr. as its Texas Regional Sales Manager. In addition the company announced Ricardo Sanchez as its new Inside Sales Rep. Based in the Atlanta […]
