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...
Marketing blitz for ElfBar
Disposable vape brand ElfBar has launched its first outdoor advertising campaign in the UK.
Is it time to be afraid of the dark?
Scotland’s supermarkets are now required to hide tobacco products. What does that mean for c-stores?
SCOTLAND’S supermarkets, a year or so later than their English...
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....
Menthol ban is coming
From 20 May, the sale of menthol cigarettes will be prohibited in the UK
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.
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.
Embassay adds new crush variant
IMPERIAL Tobacco has expanded its Embassy Signature range with the launch of a New Crush variant.
Rolling up the extra sales
THE roll-your-own RYO filter tips and papers market is showing strong growth as increasing numbers of smokers opt for the value, choice and flavour...
IVG aims to offer vape debate solution
Vaping device brand IVG believes its 2400 product could be the answer to many concerns that the public have around disposable vapes.
E-cigs look set to boom
Mintel says some smokers are using e-cigs to help them quit
European e-cig market could have reached £1.3bn last year
THE market for electronic cigarettes is...
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...
Legal limits good for future sales
EUROPEAN legislation due to come into effect in May this year is a positive step forward for the vaping category, says Jennifer Roberts, UK...
Online help to inform retailers
New online platform VapeWatch helps vaping traders keep on the right side of the law.
Awards Profile – Tobacco Retailer of the Year
Scottish Grocer caught up with Best One South Bridge owner Mumtaz Ali after the store won the Tobacco Retailer of the Year Award at the 2022 Scottish Grocer Awards.
Economy drives category sales
Consumers seeking value across tobacco
