Carlos Fuente Sr., a cigar industry icon who turned Arturo Fuente Cigars into a powerhouse passed away last night, Known as “Don Carlos”, Fuente Sr. is credited for taking many risks to grow Arturo Fuente into one of the largest family-owned cigar companies in the world. He was 81 years old. In the 1950s Fuente […]
On the eve of the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada Drew Estate has made a major announcement in its senior management ranks. This past Thursday, the Drew Estate team was informed that company President Michael Cellucci was departing the company to pursue other opportunities and that Glenn Wolfson has been hired as […]
Kuuts LLC, the company best known as the U.S. distribution arm to the brands out of Compania Hondurena de Tabacos has a new CEO in Steven Ysidron. Ysidron well known for his time as the owner of Epicurean Cigars. Since joining Kuuts, he has been working on rebounding and revamping the portfolio into eight lines. As a […]
Foundation Cigar Company, the company owned by Nicholas Melillo has named Rick Ardito’s its new Executive Brand Manager for its upcoming The Upsetters line. It’s a sort of reunion for Ardito and Melillo, as both had been longtime members of the Drew Estate team. Ardito served as a Partner and Executive Vice President of Public […]
PDR Cigars continues to expand its in-house sales team. Today the company has announced it has named Christopher Fernandez its Mid-Atlantic territory manager. Termed a “Brand Builder”, Fernandez will have responsibilities for New York City, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Fernandez comes to PDR Cigars with many years as a territorial sales […]
Jason Lois, who has served as served as the “face” and National Sales Manager of Crossfire Cigars has announced he is departing the company and is leaving the industry – at least on a full-time basis. In a statement on his Facebook page, Lois commented: It has been a pleasure and an honor to be […]
Oettinger Davidoff has made a series of re-organizational announcements. The big one will see the current Davidoff of Geneva Austria team report into the new Davidoff of Geneva Germany Subsidiary. Under the announcement, Olaf Ruf, the recently named General Manager of Davidoff of Geneva Germany will assume responsibility for Davidoff of Geneva Austria. Isabella Keusch, […]
PDR Cigars has named Brad Sargant as its new Florida Sales Manager. Sargent previously served as the company’s Midwest Sales Manager where he had increased sales in the territory by almost 18% in a seven month time period. Sargent fills a position that was previously handled by an independent sales broker. The company refers to […]
Jack is back. When General Cigar Company acquired the brands of Torano Family Cigars back in 2014, there is one thing that didn’t come along with that transaction and that was a Torano – until now. Jack Torano, who previously worked in his family’s business as the Marketing Manager of Torano Family Cigars is returning to his roots. Torano confirmed […]
The Jack Torano era at Duran Cigars has come to an end. This afternoon, Torano announced on his Facebook page that he was departing Duran Cigars. Torano is best known for his tenure at Torano Famly Cigars where he served as Marketing and Customer Relations Manager. Following the September 2014 sale of the Torano brands to General Cigar, Torano joined Duran […]
