Tag: tobacco
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...
Euro rules to see end of 10s
IF standardised packaging isn’t given the go-ahead in the UK (or by possible separate legislation in Scotland) tobacco packs will still change considerably in...
Camel takes on a new curve
JTI has launched three limited-edition packs for its cigarette brand Camel.
The special designs are available through June and July on the brand’s King Size...
Scoring a bullseye?
RYO tobacco accessories firm Republic Technologies stepped up to the oche in the spring when it announced that its recently launched Swan Ultra Slim...
Fight goes on against plain packaging
AS reported in Scottish Grocer, proposed moves to plain packs for tobacco products (or standardised packaging as it’s often called) no longer appears...
Marlboro firm in new deal
TOBACCO firm Philip Morris, the company behind Marlboro and Chesterfield cigarettes, has appointed field marketing agency Cosine, to provide it with a dedicated field...
Still searching for good value
WHILE tobacco is, of course, a highly regulated product, tobacco retailing is not just about laws, laws and more laws.
By overall sales revenue it...
Cigars ready to play in the dark
AS they take up relatively little space in tobacco gantries at present, could cigars suffer substantially once the display ban is implemented?
Well some of...
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...
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...
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...
JTI removes gantry from Aberdeen tobacco ban store
Tobacco firm JTI has removed a tobacco gantry from an Aberdeen store hit by a tobacco retailing ban.
Shriraj Gindha, trading as Tony's Newsagent, Victoria...
Market shorts – Sovereign gets smooth
JTI’S Sovereign brand is adding a new value cigarette, Sovereign Smooth Flavour.
The launch follows what JTI says is the success of Sovereign Blue, which...
New year new look for cigar leader
MINIATURE cigars are still leading the cigar category of the tobacco sector and the leading cigar brand has decided to embark on its second...
New pressure from home and abroad
Euro rules, another push for plain packs and the coming small store cover-up play into the hands of crime bosses but make it all...
More reason to get key category right
PERHAPS not surprisingly, many tobacco suppliers reacted with frustration to some of the latest announcements of likely and possible further restriction and regulation of...
