szyzk
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I've been emailing back and forth with Hans Greibe Hansen at Scandinavian Tobacco Group regarding their ownership and distribution rights to the traditionally UK-only brands (St Bruno is not included in this as British American Tobacco owns the rights to sell this outside of Duty Free shops).
As a Junior Brand Manager he's been monitoring the popularity of some of their holdings and he's noticed that certain tobaccos - Capstan, Mick McQuaid, etc - are becoming more popular in European countries that have traditionally not accepted them. Their concerns are that in the past those brands become stagnant and have slow turnover on the shelf, which is understandable, but I mentioned that there are some brands (namely Esoterica and Sam Gawith) that are only fully in-stock a few times a year and that it hasn't hurt sales. Of course, he's now interested in how American consumers would take to these tobaccos.
If you want to throw your two cents in, email him at [email protected]! If this news would go over well at your pipe club or local tobacconist, spread the word! The more people who contact Hans, the better chance we may get at buying some of these tobaccos (even if only periodically)!
As a Junior Brand Manager he's been monitoring the popularity of some of their holdings and he's noticed that certain tobaccos - Capstan, Mick McQuaid, etc - are becoming more popular in European countries that have traditionally not accepted them. Their concerns are that in the past those brands become stagnant and have slow turnover on the shelf, which is understandable, but I mentioned that there are some brands (namely Esoterica and Sam Gawith) that are only fully in-stock a few times a year and that it hasn't hurt sales. Of course, he's now interested in how American consumers would take to these tobaccos.
If you want to throw your two cents in, email him at [email protected]! If this news would go over well at your pipe club or local tobacconist, spread the word! The more people who contact Hans, the better chance we may get at buying some of these tobaccos (even if only periodically)!