All Tobacco articles – Page 29
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NewsBlack market accounts for a quarter of tobacco
More than a quarter of all tobacco smoked in the UK is either fake or smuggled - costing the country billions of pounds in lost tax revenue.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhen duty calls
The black market in booze and fags is booming. The Grocer joined Customs, police and Trading Standards…
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Category ReportTOBACCO: NPD fails to stub out drift to cut-price cigarettes
A 1.5 billion fall in the number of cigarettes smoked in the UK seems to point to the government having success
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NewsTesco trials screens ahead of ban on tobacco display
Tesco is gearing up for next year’s tobacco display ban by trialling screens across the front of tobacco kiosks.
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Booker rolls out Red Band tobacco line
Booker has relaunched its own-label Red Band handrolling tobacco.
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NewsJTI and BAT rolling out two-in-one cigarettes
Typical – you wait decades for a cigarette that can change flavour at the touch of a button and then two come along at once…
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NewsForecourts close gap with mults in fight against underage sales
Forecourt retailers are catching up with supermarkets in enforcing ID checks for cigarettes and alcohol, a survey seen exclusively by The Grocer reveals.
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NewsImperial profits grow again despite sliding tobacco volumes
Imperial Tobacco relied on growth in emerging markets as profits improved by more than 4% over the past year. Operating profits at the Lambert & Butler maker grew to £2.64bn, while price hikes contributed to a rise in total sales of 3.7% to £29.22bn.
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NewsHenri Wintermans maker unveils credit crunch-friendly cigar
Cigars - once one of the ultimate signs of wealth and decadence - are getting a recession-friendly makeover by…
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Comment & Opinion
Low energy-dense foods like fruit and veg are not cheap and often less convenient
Innovation takes many forms. For tobacco manufacturers, current NPD feels almost like a last hurrah before the shutters come down.
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NewsTobacco guilty of ‘cynical marketing’
Sir, Imperial Tobacco’s Richmond Superslims are indeed an innovative answer to tobacco advertising…
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Analysis & Features
Despite that slump in sales, Palmer & Harvey can still make a packet
The tobacco giant’s sales are down for the first time in five years, but profits are up and there are plans to win new customers, says Elinor Zuke
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NewsNow Imperial offers the ladies a stylish new cigarette brand
Imperial Tobacco has become the third major cigarette supplier to launch a brand targeted at women in just four months. Richmond Superslims are the latest piece of NPD to hit the market ahead of the introduction of the tobacco display…
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NewsFosters set to give Karma rolling paper Zig-Zag treatment
The former owners of Zig-Zag rolling paper are set to go head-to-head with the current owners Republic Technologies, after launching their own range of papers and filters. The Karma range, which is due to hit shelves next month,…
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‘Sub-premium’ B&H to improve margins
JTI is hoping to stem downtrading in the tobacco category with the launch of a 'sub-premium' Benson & Hedges variant.Benson & Hedges White, to be sold in a 20s slide pack, will be available from the start of next month (rsp:...
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Café Crème thinks bigger with Grande cigar variant
The UK's leading miniature cigar brand Café Crème has launched a larger cigar to go head-to-head with Hamlet.Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which launched Café Crème Grande this week, said it was "the first major piece of innovation in the...
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BAT claims Vogue launch is not a fashion statement
British American Tobacco has defended itself against claims it has "downplayed" the health risks associated with smoking in favour of the "trappings of style, supermodels and staying slim" for its latest cigarette launch, Vogue Perle.
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Comment & Opinion
Bring the fun in-store and host an event
Occasions like the Royals’ big day are an opportunity not to be missed by indie retailers. The build-up to…
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NewsCritical Eye... on smoking beagles and punching donkeys
Smuggling has an oddly cosy ring to it, like something you'd do during a Sunday lie-in. It evokes images of ruddy-faced pasty-munchers shifting cheese in a row-boat rather than terrified mules downing condoms of heroin.
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Analysis & FeaturesCould DIY cigarettes prove a £2bn market in the making?
Is Imperial Tobacco fighting the illicit trade in tobacco with Make Your Own cigarettes, as it claims, or has it spotted a nice little earner, asks Vince Bamford