October, 2007 Merchandising Focus: Holiday Marketing Equals Retail Cheer By Jeffrey Bolton Many retailers conduct a disproportionately large amount of business during the holiday season, so making the most of this consumer buying frenzy can be critical to your year’s bottom line. Cigar Maker Q&A: Camacho Cigars - Leading the Way By Frank Seltzer With a new look and a re-dedication to quality, Christian Eiroa’s Camacho Cigars is celebrating its 10th year of growing authentic Cuban Corojo leaf in the Jamastran Valley of Honduras. Smokeless Update: Beyond Cigarettes By Chris Bickers How Philip Morris USA’s adjacency strategy is taking the company smokeless. Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's Industry news department, bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. Imperial Tobacco Group to buy Altadis S.A. TSA Removes Aircraft Cabin Lighter Ban Pennsylvania Fails to Pass Cigar, OTP Tax Philip Morris USA Sues Rogue Retailers over Counterfeit Marlboros RTDA Changes Name to IPCPR General Cigar Settles Cohiba Infringement Suit Santa Fe to Double 2007 Organic Tobacco Crop ProCigar to Host Festival in Dominican Republic Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers Big Threats and Challenges Remain for the Industry - by E. Edward Hoyt III What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry Trends and Trendsetters in Tobacco Retailing Federal Tobacco: Legislative Outcomes Uncertain Tobacco Products and Industry Promotions SMOKESHOP (ISSN 0146-9266), established in 1970, is published bi-monthly by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc., 26 Broadway, Floor 9M, New York, NY 10004 USA. Copyright © 1998-2007 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1998-2007 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.