Micallef Cigars announced today that it is ending its sales relationship with Meier & Dutch, Cigars International, and Thompson Cigar. The move is meant to strengthen the commitment Micallef Cigars has made with the brick and mortar community. The following is a press release from Micallef Cigars explaining the move. [themify_box ] Micallef Cigars no […]
Late in 2018, Crowned Heads Cigars announced an exclusive offering to Thompson Cigar known as Juarez. It is the latest Crowned Heads line to be inspired by the song Cocaine Blues. In particular the reference to Juarez comes in that song’s lyrics (“Made a good run but I run too slow they overtook me down […]
Last year, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired long-time online retailer Thompson Cigar. Now STG has begun the process of consolidating its retail operations and as a result, Thompson Cigar’s Tampa-based operations will shut down and result in a layoff of the supporting staff. STG is also the owner of Cigars International, the massive retail operation […]
Crowned Heads has announced its exclusive project to online retailer Thompson Cigar known as Juarez. It’s a cigar being produced in conjunction with a factory known as Tabacalera Pichardo. According to Crowned Heads, the Juarez was inspired by Jericho Hill – the company’s first Mexican San Andres Mexican wrapped cigar. “The challenge was put forth to […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), the global parent company to General Cigar, has reported its Q1 (January 1 – March 31) 2018 earnings. While the company reported negative growth in its machine-made category, it did report increased growth in the handmade cigars category. Overall Highlights of the earnings included: Net Sales of 1,285 million DKK showing […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced its acquisition of Thompson Cigar is now completed. It was back on January 31st that STG announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S. based retail giant. In a press release, STG commented, “The acquired business is a leading online retailer of cigars in the […]
It’s a jam-packed Special Edition #23. For our Big Story, Bear and I talk about our Davidoff Viaje Al Origen visit to the Davidoff operations in the Dominican Republic. Plus we revisit our lab experiment of aging a Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Todos Las Dias cigar; discuss some more of the recent acquisitions in the […]
January 31st, 2018 might be one of those days in the cigar industry that will be etched in the annals of history. Here at Cigar Coop, it certainly will be It is funny how news breaks in the cigar industry. It comes in waves with some days busier than other days. January 31st was one […]
Only hours after the cigar industry’s first major acquisition of 2018, comes news of the second. Today, following the announcement of Quality Importers acquiring XIKAR, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Thompson and Co, the catalog retail giant known as Thompson Cigar. The purchase price for Thompson is $62 […]
