This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Last year Dave predicted that Alec Bradley would be sold, what will he predict this year? It’s the Prediction Show – a yearly look into the future. Who buys who, who goes out of business and even who gets back in business. Mergers, Acquisitions – Smoke and Mirrors. In the first hour we smoke the Nub Maduro from […]
The highest volume independent online cigar company is, yet again, expected to be sold to a cigar manufacturer as direct to consumer sales continue in the cigar industry. Famous Smoke Shop was formed in 1939 by David and Rose Zaretsky in New York City. In the year 2000, after increased taxes in NY, Arthur Zaretsky, son of the founders of the company and then owner, moved its operations to Pennsylvania. Famous Smoke Shop was a […]
In June of 2016 Oliva Cigar Company was purchased by J. Cortes, a cigar company based in Belgium. The company also unveiled a new cigar at the 2016 IPCPR named Facundo. The cigar never reached the market as it had to undergo a name change due to a trademark issue with Bacardi. The cigar finally made it back to shelves this year at the 2017 IPCPR and is now arriving at retailers. Oliva cigar company […]