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| Premium growth for the online savvy |
With consumer confidence at its lowest since the GFC, shoppers are increasingly looking online for the best deal. Off-premise can still do much to make their premium spirit range more accessible and encourage the premium spirit up-sell. By Samuel Spurr.(Oct-Nov 2011) |
| Rum on the Run |
Premium aged rums are capturing the imagination of the trade and consumers alike and are beginning to rival cognac and single malt whisky?s dominance amongst the connoisseur crowd writes Samuel Spurr. (Apr-May 2011) |
| Glamour in a Glass |
With old favourites being increasingly challenged by newer and more exotic counterparts, just what is the future for the liqueurs category? Samuel Spurr reports. (August - September 2010). |
| Moving Beyond Mojito |
Light and dark rums at either end of the rum spectrum, and the sub-categories in between, are enjoying renewed success driven particularly by on-premise cocktail trade and discerning consumers after the "new", writes Samuel Spurr. (April-May 2010). |
| Summer lifts the spirits |
White spirits brand activity, both on- and offpremise, is set for a boost as we enter the warmer months, reports Samuel Spurr (Dec 2009). |
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| The non-Cuban Revolution |
Are we facing a non-Cuban cigar revolution? Perhaps not a revolution, but an evolution, that follows Australia's receptiveness to new lifestyle products. (April 2010) |
| The 11th Habanos Festival |
Held every year in Havana since 1998, The Habanos Festival celebrates the Cuban cigar. Parties are thrown, events toast the industry’s personalities, and new cigars are launched to rave reviews and sometimes quiet disdain. (May 2009) |
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| The Boutique Push into Asia |
Increased awareness of western consumer habits has created an aspiring population intent on discovering high-end lifestyle products. (Winter 2008) |
| Bold
Initiatives Evident in Houston |
Engulfing
exhibitors, retailers and other members in Houston this year was the concern
with the proposed Federal tobacco excise increase...(Fall 2007) |
| Industry Leads
Work Together |
Before booths and
exhibition spaces were ready for opening day, manufacturers informally met on
Thursday...(Fall 2007) |
| The global market of non-Cuban cigars |
The American premium cigar market is dominated by
cigars from non-Cuban producers. Where then does this situation leave the
non-Cuban cigar market outside the US? (Summer 2007) |
| Our Industry's Affliction: Counterfeiting |
The thought of cigar
counterfeiters running simple, small time operations...is naive and the reality
is very much the opposite... (Spring 2007) |
| Meet the RTDA's New
Chaplain |
Father H. Setter is passionate about two things in life: God
and cigars, although he does joke that cigars are a very, very close second to
the Almighty! (Fall 2006) |
