Deccember 2002 Small Business Issues: Need to Get Your Message Out? Mail it... Direct By Joseph Finora There’s a reason you get so much mail: it works. It sells products - from life insurance to vacations, direct mail can give you a huge potential for profit. And in sales, yes, size really matters. But creativity is also crucial when it comes to moving product. Manufacturer Profile: Endless Blends by E. Edward Hoyt III, Editor House of Windsor keeps 80 years of tobacco blending expertise alive, drawing on staff talent, amazing recipes, and some key help from a small, family-owned Ohio cigar company. Promotions: Macanudo on Tour Staff Report General Cigar’s traveling Macanudo bus lounge has matured into the “Macanudo American Passion Tour,” drawing crowds of cigar lovers wherever it goes. Retailer and Tobacco Industry News SMOKESHOP's Industry news department, bringing you up-to-date information and breaking stories about manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers. Florida Bans Smoking, RTDA Pulls Trade Show RTDA 2003 Now Back to Nashville ECCJ Cigar Trophy Winners Named in Vienna Group Offers Tools in Fighting Tax Hikes Dismissal of Claims Brought Against Altadis by General Cigar is Upheld Gifts and Accessories for Cigar, Pipe, and Cigarette Smokers Recharging the Spirit at RTDA by E. Edward Hoyt III What's Happening and Where in the Tobacco Industry Trends and Trendsetters in Specialty Tobacco Retailing Producers, Suppliers, Regulations, and Associations 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 by Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Inc. HTML production and copyright © 1999-2001 by Keys Technologies. All rights reserved.