Lockdown lifts cigar sales
Category has done well as coronavirus measures affect consumer behaviour
Too early to say on Brexit effect
THE tobacco retailing scene has already been affected by large amounts of legislation, regulation, legal challenge and appeal now there’s a chance of future...
Cigarillos light up sector sales
Cigarillos are big business in the cigar category at the moment, according to Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
E-cig laws an ‘opporunity’
EUTPD regulations will improve market for convenience retailers, predicts e-cig producer
THE e-cigarettes market is about to get much simpler. That’s the view of manufacturer...
European connection
SYSTEMS and e-liquids supplier Ev8 is looking to build sales and relationships with retailers in Scotland and it reckons it offers several benefits, and...
Marketing blitz for ElfBar
Disposable vape brand ElfBar has launched its first outdoor advertising campaign in the UK.
Value is key says Imperial Brands
Value remains a key focus in the tobacco category as Imperial Brands says that Scottish consumers are looking for a better-for-money option in the gantry.
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.
Potential in EU law
VAPING is worth £16.4m in Scotland according to electronic cigarette brand Blu.
And with the £168m market across the UK showing 10% growth last year,...
Stores can puff on profit
Subcategories performing well in store .
Great start for BAT brand
The new decade got off to a strong start for vaping brand Vype.
World No 1 launches new RYO
BRITAIN’S established RYO tobacco brands have a major new competitor.
Around 90 years after the Marlboro cigarette brand was launched, tobacco company Philip Morris Limited...
Swan is on a roll with NPD
REPUBLIC Technologies has announced what is being touted as the biggest ever NPD programme for the firm.
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,...
C-stores identified as a vaping growth area
INDEPENDENT c-stores are vital to the future of the category and pose one of the greatest growth opportunities for e-cigarettes, says Martin Miller, global...
Nine out of ten retailers NOT breaking law
In April a spate of newspaper and media stories suggested that almost nine out of ten retailers selling vaping products could be breaking the...
