Promiscuity at the tobacco gantry
Brand loyalty may still be key in the tobacco category, but adult smokers are increasingly purchasing a variety of nicotine products from their local convenience store.
Five brands benefit from NPD
Imperial Tobacco has rolled out new variants across five of its brands, in a bid to help retailers retain menthol customers post-menthol ban
Tobacco accessories performing well as more smokers use roll your own
Nothing slim about growth
Capitalising on demand
PANDEMIC trends touched on just about every category in the convenience channel, and vaping was no exception.
Cigar firm moves into RYO
SCHEDULED to be launched late last month exclusively for the convenience channel through Booker depots across the UK, new RYO brand Bentley represents a...
Rise of RYO driving accessories sales
In a tobacco market that is heavily price driven, the number of existing smokers switching into roll your own (RYO) has been rising
Consulation ends on plain packs
Proposals on plain packaging only good for smugglers, retailers warn
RETAILERS and tobacco firms have told the government a proposed ban on cigarette branding will...
Plain truths
We are now just over six months away from the point when all tobacco sold through legitimate traders in Scotland will have to comply...
Roll your own way
ROLL-YOUR-OWN tobacco sales are booming and for British American Tobacco it isn’t all about the cost.
“For a long time RYO was an option for...
Value counts across nicotine, says Imperial Tobacco
Demand for value remains a key trend across the nicotine category as shoppers continue to feel the pinch of the cost-of-living crisis – and Imperial Tobacco reckons it has the right range for consumers.
Morrisons to increase wages
Supermarket giant Morrisons plans to increase its hourly pay rate for store staff to £8.20 an hour from a previous minimum of £6.83.
The £8.20...
Lockdown lifts cigar sales
Category has done well as coronavirus measures affect consumer behaviour
BAT moves forward with a new vigour following disposable ban
Susanna de Lesu delivers solutions from BAT following on from the disposable vape ban to help reassure retailer customers.
Plug the gap with cigars
NPD aimed at small pack shopper
CIGARS could plug the gap left behind by smaller packs of cigarettes leaving the shelves, according to Scandinavian Tobacco...
Mighty miniatures drive performance
Miniatures continue to make up the bulk of the cigar category in Scotland, according to the latest data from Scandinavian Tobacco Group UK (STG UK)
Jail time for retailer in illicit sting
IMPERIAL Tobacco has removed the gantry from a Manchester-based retailer after discovering violations of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016.
