Benefit off the RYO boom
The increasing shift to roll your own among existing adult smokers is opening up sales opportunities for tobacco-related accessories.
Tobacco category remains key for retailers
Plenty to be positive about
Value is key to success
THE tobacco market has evolved over the last decade, as consumers reacted to rising duty and increasingly restrictive legislation.
The birth of a vape nation
Current estimates from the UKVIA put the number of vaping stores in the UK at 2,000
E-cig laws an ‘opporunity’
EUTPD regulations will improve market for convenience retailers, predicts e-cig producer
THE e-cigarettes market is about to get much simpler. That’s the view of manufacturer...
Keeping an open mind
THE rise of vaping has, if nothing else, proved that consumers are willing to experiment when it comes to their nicotine products
Hot tips for RYO profit
THE growth in the RYO tobacco market brings extra opportunities for retailers to sell smoking accessories and one of Britain’s biggest accessories suppliers says...
Rates relief to be lifted from vape shops
The Scottish Government has announced its plans to lift the business rates relief discounts on vape stores across Scotland from April 2027.
Counter measures
With the shutters now down on tobacco gantries across the country, this could be the time to highlight e-cigarette displays.
A month on from the...
European connection
SYSTEMS and e-liquids supplier Ev8 is looking to build sales and relationships with retailers in Scotland and it reckons it offers several benefits, and...
Smokers are still seeking out value tobacco brands
The growing dominance of value tobacco brands has been the category’s key trend for some time now, and could intensify further this winter as adult smokers grapple with the cost-of-living crisis.
Plain packs and a sugar tax hit
The UK is told to break away from the European Union, the National Living Wage takes off, and minimum pricing gets the OK
IN January,...
New year new look for cigar leader
MINIATURE cigars are still leading the cigar category of the tobacco sector and the leading cigar brand has decided to embark on its second...
Value at heart of category
Imperial Tobacco’s Duncan Cunningham offers his views on contemporary category trends
Disposable responsibility from Phillip Morris
Phillip Morris Limited has launched a new range of disposable vape devices that the firm reckons will appeal to smokers that are seeking a better option.
Vaping can soar in store
As more and more adult smokers make the switch, opportunities open up for convenience retailers








































