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News | Oliva Ends Padilla Distribution

This afternoon The Cigar Authority learned that Padilla cigars will no longer be distributed by Oliva Cigars effective January 15th, 2015. In 2012, Oliva announced that it would take on both domestic and international distribution of the Padilla lines who had just announced that he was reducing the size of his portfolio. According to Ernesto Padilla, he will be taking over the distribution of his brand and Oliva will continue to make the brands they […]

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News: General Cigar in Acquisition Mode

The biggest rumor at the trade show is that General Cigar has acquired or is in the process of acquiring EPC Cigars. The story going around the show was that Ernesto Perez Carrillo III didn’t want to be a part of the cigar industry and that his father Ernesto Perez Carrillo is being brought back into the mix at General. When asked about this rumor his response was, “That would be nice, wouldn’t it?” With […]

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