RELX shows favour in vape flavour

RELX reckons that more variety in vaping flavours could encourage current smokers to make the switch to the devices, working towards the cessation tool goal.
Geek Bar S600

Revamp for disposables

Geek Bar has revamped one of its vape ranges as part of wider plans to increase its market share in the UK.
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Darkness at the door

• Scotland’s tobacco display ban will take effect officially in small stores in Scotland on 6 April, 2015. But many shops now have their covered...

Plain packs and a sugar tax hit

The UK is told to break away from the European Union, the National Living Wage takes off, and minimum pricing gets the OK IN January,...
Mintel measures the e-cig market in the UK as up 340% over the last year, worth £193m in 2013. Industry body ECIntelligence estimates the European market could be worth £1.3bn.

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...

Tobacco firm launches consumer pack info

AS plain packs which comply with rules governing cigarette and tobacco products in the UK after 20 May next year begin to appear in...
According to JTI figures, almost 4% of adults in Scotland vape and the big companies agree that visibility is key in merchandising of e-cigarette products, preferably using a dedicated unit.

Vape sales still growing

DESPITE recent tightening of legislation around the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes and associated products, the big manufacturers are predicting continued growth.

Joining the vapour trail

As cigarette and tobacco prices soar, and the health lobby pushes for more restrictions, retailers and consumers have been discovering electronic options. Does it pay?...
Among the Blu UK range refillable e-liquid tanks are said to be growing in popularity.

Counter measures

With the shutters now down on tobacco gantries across the country, this could be the time to highlight e-cigarette displays. A month on from the...
Mumtaz Ali and his wife have won Tobacco Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Grocer Awards for two years running.

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.
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Accessories in the firing line

Westminster MPs table amendments that could see all flavoured tobacco accessories banned

There remains plenty to do

Savvy retailers can still sell well COVERED gantries and plain packaging are the new norm for tobacco sales, seriously limiting the options available to retailers...
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Marketing blitz for ElfBar

Disposable vape brand ElfBar has launched its first outdoor advertising campaign in the UK.
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Online help to inform retailers

New online platform VapeWatch helps vaping traders keep on the right side of the law.

A tube that’s fit for a King

REPUBLIC Technologies has extended its tobacco accessories range with the launch of Swan Kingsize Cigarette Tubes. Available in packs of 100 and 200 in standard...

NPD has hemp at its heart

IMPERIAL Tobacco has expanded its Rizla range of cigarette papers with the launch of Rizla Natura.