by PCA | Jul 29, 2024 | Feature
The Summer of 2024 has arrived. The last time we entered June through September without a PCA trade show the following events were happening: Belarusians Protest for Fair and Free Elections – On August 9, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, a man known as...
by PCA | Jul 24, 2024 | Feature
For many cigar companies in the Dominican Republic, each year’s Procigar Festival offers an opportunity to debut a new cigar release. For those at E.P. Carrillo, there was a newsworthy headline, but it was regarding something perhaps even more important than a premium...
by PCA | Jul 22, 2024 | Feature
As a lifelong New Yorker, I’m very familiar with the saying “A dollar and a dream.” It was coined by the New York State Lottery years ago and now has become a popular saying with a bigger meaning than just buying a lottery ticket. A dollar and a dream now means taking...
by PCA | Jul 16, 2024 | Feature, Trade Show
Spring is, for pipe smokers of refined taste (just my opinion, mind you), prime season for breaking out the Virginia tobaccos we’ve kept aging in the vault all through the long, dark days of cold weather. For this pipe smoker, spring is the best season to be alive—a...
by PCA | Jul 10, 2024 | Feature
Success can be achieved in a variety of ways, among them hard work, long hours, and dedication to attaining a goal. But there are some qualities which go beyond sheer effort. They are the innate gifts of instinctively realizing what market forces are at play, and how...
by PCA | Jun 24, 2024 | Feature, Trade Show
At the PCA 2024 Trade Show, the association announced the winners of the inaugural PCA Best of the Leaf Awards. The award program is designed to showcase the premium retail tobacconist industry across the United States. The awards, first announced at the end of 2023,...
