A great response
The response of retailers to the tobacco retail display ban has been remarkable, meeting the challenge head-on with minimal disruption, reckons Andrew Miller, head of...
Cigars can be your Christmas cracker
Brands and format choice stars of the season
Concern over illicit tobacco
STANDARDISED packs have now entered circulation and the deadline for selling off-branded products looms, but could this cause a boom in illicit sales?
Tobacco firms...
Dark days ahead
LARGE stores in Scotland have been hiding tobacco products for more than a year. And in around 10 months time, on 6 April 2015,...
Imperial Brands charges up new 1000 Puff vape devices
Imperial Brands has unveiled a new rechargeable vaping device with its Blu Bar Kits, with a system that offers up to 1,000 puffs per pod.
Recapturing volume sales
Convenience retailers are falling behind their supermarket competition when it comes to cigar sales in Scotland.
Big distribution for mini Logic
Compact is coming to convenience .
A growing option – essential e-cigs
E-CIGARETTES have been around for some time but sales seem to have taken off in recent months.
Kits and products vary but essentially they’re designed...
New man in place at Imperial
Oliver Kutz has been appointed as general manager for Imperial Tobacco in UK & Ireland.
Vaping away the pain
The emerging CBD category has a new player, with the launch of Bliss CBD Co
Swan is on a roll with NPD
REPUBLIC Technologies has announced what is being touted as the biggest ever NPD programme for the firm.
Giants offer TPD advice
IMPERIAL Tobacco has released a video with guidance to the trade around the EUTPD 2 and standardised packaging legislation. Retailers are able to view...
Pouches pushing forward in c-stores
There have never been more alternative nicotine products, which is good news for existing adult smokers who are looking to ditch cigarettes.
Imperial sticks to value
Smokers are seeking value from the gantry and Imperial Tobacco reckons retailers should make the most of this with an effective RYO range of options.
Positive sales in Scotland
Tobacco accessories represent a major opportunity for c-store retailers, according to recent IRI data, which recorded one year value sales of almost £29 million per annum in Scotland
Ways to cater to roll-you-own shoppers
As consumer demand for factory-made cigarette options continues to dwindle across Scotland, Republic Technologies explains how retailers can take advantage of the roll-your-own sector’s growth.
