Tag: tobacco
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...
Euro tobacco restrictions closer
BANS on cigarette packs below 20 sticks and RYO tobacco packs below 30g moved a step closer late last month when the revised European...
Firms slam ban on small packs
Tobacco firms have hit out after European authorities agreed measures to further regulate tobacco sales.
Plain packs bill in 18 months
THE Scottish Government plans to press ahead with its own legislation to introduce standardised packaging on tobacco products.
