Incentives on the up, study claims

Increase in retailer rewards found in wake of tobacco display ban

Extra choice for RYO smokers

THE Cutters Choice RYO brand is expanding and brand owner British American Tobacco is also launching a new cigarettes line. Last month Cutters Choice...

Plain sales ahead

Standardised packs of tobacco products, more commonly known as plain packs, are now making their way into UK convenience stores and other tobacco retailers....
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Age scheme is opening doors

Bestway expands its vaping offer
An IQOS ILUMA device with packs of Terea Pearls heat sticks against a teal blue background.

Philip Morris expands on Terea range

Philip Morris Limited has introduced a new innovative flavour switch option across its Terea heated sticks range with its four new Pearls packs.

Supermarkets go into the dark

Trade bodies launch guide and app as small stores enter final two years of tobacco display SCOTLAND’S retail industry has begun its journey into the...
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New lines boosting category sales

THE booming RYO market includes not just the tobacco itself but also growing lines of RYO accessories that provide strong margins for retailers, says...
Break Little Cigars come in cigarette-style hard packets, price-marked and plain. A pack of 17 retails at £4.59.

Little cigars to break the mould?

A mini cigar that is packaged like a cigarette and designed to attract cigarette smokers is the latest entrant to the value end of...

Millions board the e-cig train

Growing numbers want simple options

Court battle ahead over plain packs vote

TOBACCO firms have confirmed they will be taking legal action against new plain packaging regulations. Yesterday, the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly in favour of...
Zahid Iqbal's Day-Today Drylaw store in Edinburgh was named Vaping Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2023.

Awards Profile – Vaping Retailer of the Year

Scottish Grocer has been catching up with Day-Today Drylaw owner Zahid Iqbal – after he won the Vaping Retailer of the Year category at the Scottish Grocer Awards 2023 – to find out how he is preparing for the incoming ban on disposable devices.
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Twin tracks from the powers that be

HOW will electronic cigarettes be regulated? Last year the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said e-cigarettes in the UK would be subject to licensing...
JTI launched its new Ploom X heat not burn device last year to meet demand.

JTI pushes heated tobacco category

The experts from JTI UK have been highlighting some of the firm's alternative nicotine products such as the Ploom X heated tobacco device and Nordic Spirit nicotine pouches.
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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.

Still to master the details

ALTHOUGH many retailers say they are aware of tobacco manufacturing and retailing regulation changes that result from the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD2) they...
The IQOS ILUMA ONE is the hero product for the UK, says Philip Morris Limited.

Smoke-free world is goal for Philip Morris

Philip Morris Limited commercial operations director John Rennie explains why the IQOS ILUMA is a revolutionary product in the heated tobacco category.