Latest Tobacco News – Page 22
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Product News
British American Tobacco boss Barry Cann steps behind the counter
British American Tobacco’s head of trade Barry Cann spends a day at McColl’s Notting Hill store in London to get a taste of working on the front line.
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Product News
U-turn on plain packs puts tobacco display ban plan in doubt
The government's apparent resurrection of plans to impose plain packaging for tobacco products is likely to result in a scrapping or, at the very least, a softening of plans for a UK-wide display ban, Convenience Store has learned.
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Product NewsHamlet cigar brand freshened up
JTI’s Hamlet cigar brand has been given a fresh new look ahead of the key Christmas sales period.
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Product NewsTobacco display ban to be delayed
The implementation of the tobacco display ban is likely to be delayed by a year, C-Store has learned
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Product News
VAT rise reduces appeal of pricemarked packs
Retailers are wary of stocking price-marked packs in the run-up to January's VAT rise, a survey of C-Store readers shows
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Product News
Illicit tobacco traders get the boot
Thousands of illegally-imported cigarettes and large quantities of rolling tobacco were seized from traders during a HMRC blitz on one of Wolverhampton's largest car boot sales last week. Traders at the 'Rabbit Run' car boot sale were...
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Campaign to stop tobacco display ban hits the target
Thousands of retailers have made the government aware of their opposition to the proposed tobacco display ban in UK shops by supporting the postcard campaign organised by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and C-Store. The...
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News
Illicit tobacco trade harms newsagent
The life of a Lancashire store manager is being made a misery by repeated raids on her store and its tobacco gantry. The Martins branch in Fulwood, Preston, has been targeted four times in the past six weeks by the gang who are thought to...
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Products In DepthCash in: Tobacco - Roll Your Own
Value brands and hand rolling tobacco are all the rage, giving grounds for optimism despite the looming display ban threat. Gaelle Walker reports
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Products In Depth
Cash in: Tobacco - the retailer's view
Retailer’s view: Naweed Ashraf “Our tobacco sales are up compared with last year, not a lot maybe four or five cartons more a week, but there has been a wee change…
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Products In DepthCash in: Tobacco - Cigarettes
When it comes to cigarettes, these days less really is more. Demand for products which offer better value for money have surged over the summer (maybe it had something to do with all those stressed out footie fans smoking more) and manufacturers have moved into overdrive with an array of new cheaper brands and variants, smaller pack sizes and repositioned ranges.
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Products In Depth
Cash in: Tobacco - Cigars
With little over two months to go before the Christmas bells start peeling, now is the time for retailers to start unwrapping the cigar opportunity.
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Products In DepthCash in: Tobacco - The Challenge
JTI is committed to stamping out the illicit trade and has a variety of systems in place to do so…
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Product News
Get ready, get set, go: Booker luanches new price-fighting hand-rolling tobacco
Booker has launched a new price-fighting hand-rolling tobacco under its Red Band brand. The new line, which is available in 25g and 12.5g sizes pricemarked at £5,45 and £2.75 respectively, features some of the lowest rrps in the rolling...
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Products In DepthCash in: Tobacco - making headlines around the world
Tobacco is big news here, but it’s also making headlines around the world. Here’s a snapshot of what’s going on globally
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Product News
A price-fighting rolling tobacco from Booker
Booker has launched a new price-fighting hand-rolling tobacco under its Red Band brand
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Legislation: Tobacco
Forget EastEnders, it’s tobacco that everyone is talking about. Given that some of the most draconian legislation seen in the UK is threatening to plunge the category and independent retailers into darkness, it’s easy to see why.
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Product News
Tobacco summit tackles illicit trade
The UK's first-ever large-scale summit on how to reduce the supply and consumption of smuggled and counterfeit tobacco was held in Perth last week without representation from tobacco manufacturers, who were barred.
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Product News
Calls grow to bin Scottish display ban
Pressure is mounting on the Scottish government to rethink its plans for a tobacco display ban after an overwhelming number of retailers, trade bodies and even local councils responded to the official consultation with serious concerns.
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Keeping Tobacco over the counter: Adding fuel to the fire
As the government considers the details of the tobacco display ban, more evidence shows that bans harm small stores and add to the illicit trade