Probably one of my favorite things to come out of the IPCPR tradeshow has to do with social media. Welcome, cigar lovers to: the Twitter Brothers of the Leaf Cocktail Hour. Set up to be a press event, TBOLTCH gave everyone who didn’t get press passes to the tradeshow a place to acquire new product [...]
As the manufacturers unveiled new product lines and special releases from IPCPR 2010, one consistent theme remained the same: price. Initial concerns from the retailers had projected foot traffic at the tradeshow down in the face of the recession, and manufacturers all set price points to match. Retailing typically around $7/smoke, check out some of [...]
Fresh from the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association tradeshow, this week’s blog updates will be rolled in highlights from the show. In case you might not know, the IPCPR tradeshow was held August 9 – 13 in the great state of Louisiana, New Orleans to be exact. That’s right, four days of [...]
Creating some drama before opening day at this year’s International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers’ annual trade show, family-owned Torano Cigars made waves with the announcement of several company changes. First unveiling a brand new logo that smacks of Porsche-like graphic design and imagery, the 50-year old company also displayed their hip new marketing tagline [...]
