Setting the new bar
Imperial Tobacco has entered the disposable vape category for the first time, with the launch of Blu Bar.
Make the most of value items
As shoppers increasingly look for products that provide value for money, Imperial Tobacco says it is now seeing a significant rise in the sale of roll your own (RYO) products.
What rolls on the road
RYO accessories supplier Republic Technologies (UK) has unveiled a promotion for Zig-Zag rolling papers, which it says gives millions of fans unprecedented insight into...
JTI launches new trade platform
JTI has rolled out an updated and improved independent retailer focussed platform with JTI 360, offering the latest news updates and prize opportunities.
Philip Morris launches IQOS ILUMA
Bosses at Philip Morris Limited (PML) believe its newly launched IQOS ILUMA heat-not-burn range will be a real game-changer in the nicotine market.
NY NY for 100th birthday
INTERNATIONALLY distributed cigarette brand Camel is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. To mark the centenary JTI is launching a series of limited-edition packs...
Lifestyle changes reverse fortunes for big cigars
Christmas is a time of celebration and for many adult smokers, that means enjoying their favourite cigar brand
Still a time to innovate
WITH major changes likely but still being challenged Britain’s tobacco giants are pursuing a twin-track marketing and advisory strategy with their retailer customers.
Both Imperial...
Awards Profile – Tobacco Retailer of the Year
At Mace, Edinburgh, retailer Mumtaz Ali was faced with turbulent trading conditions, but he’s more than managed to weather the storm and things have picked up again.
JTI launches TPD2 plan
BIG changes come to tobacco manufacturing this May and major changes will affect tobacco retailers a year later thanks to the implementation of the...
NFRN says age limit supports retailers
THE National Federation of Retail Newsagents has backed calls to bring in age restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes
The NFRN has lent its support...
Flavours for dinner
Vape Dinner Lady has expanded its range with the launch of two new e-liquids.
Curved vape
FUN and humour was the starting point for the new E-Lites e-cigarette TV ad according to one of the men behind its creation.
Vince McSweeney,...
A boon to smugglers?
3% extra rise in duty for rolling tobacco ‘step in the wrong direction’
CHANCELLOR George Osborne has been strongly criticised for potentially lending a helping hand...
PML adds dark fruit
HEATED tobacco brand IQOS has a new flavour, thanks to the introduction of a fruity new variant to the Heets range.
JTI claims No1 tobacco spot
TOBACCO firm JTI has taken number one volume tobacco manufacturer spot in the UK says the firm, quoting statistics from research firm Nielsen’s Market...
