by Premium Cigar Association | Jun 3, 2025 | Feature
Continuing Education Opportunities Proper training and education are key to success in most industries, and the premium tobacco industry is no exception. A retail tobacconist needs to know a number of things, from how a cigar is made to what makes each cigar in a...
by Premium Cigar Association | Jun 3, 2025 | Feature
PCA Retail Survey Results (Qtr. 1, 2025) *112 PCA retailer members anonymously surveyed1. Compared to 2023, did you do better, the same, or worse during the 2024 holiday season? Better: 50.90% About the Same: 29.40% Worse: 19.70% 2. If you could tell manufacturers one...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 27, 2025 | Feature
When I was first elected to the PCA board of Directors, I had the goal to provide a space for women in the cigar and pipe industry to get together to network and share ideas. That was the first step in starting Women of PCA. Then I met Teresa Wessling of Georgetown...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 27, 2025 | Feature
I wonder if anyone recalls what I wrote in this space just three short months ago, in a column I titled “The Smoker in Winter.” I wrote, “The best things in life are ephemeral. (Well, the best tobaccos certainly tend to be.) What we adore today can be taken from...
by Premium Cigar Association | May 27, 2025 | Feature
If you are a retailer reading this column for the first time as a PCA member at our 2025 trade show in New Orleans, don’t judge these musings too harshly. My intent is not to bash our revenue providers. On the contrary, I love people … especially my customers. In...
