Cigar Industry Report (Edition 573) is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop for the past week. It combines the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week, we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday at 8am Eastern Time.
Cigar Industry Report: Edition 573 (1/20/24)
The Headlines
Performance Rankings
As we do each year, we publish our performance rankings based on the data from Cigar Coop. This past week, we started this:
2023 Factory Performance Rankings
The Smoking Syndicate Performance Rankings for 2023
2023 Vitola Performance Rankings
2023 Performance Rankings by Cigar Price
2023 Country of Origin Performance Rankings
2023 Company Performance by Audience Readership
2023 Performance Rankings for Sponsors & Samples
The News
Product Reports
Crowned Heads: The Crowned Heads Mil Días Maduro will Debut at TPE 2024
Dissident Cigars: Announced Dissident Heretic
Fratello Cigars: Announced its latest Fresh Pack Sampler
La Flor Dominicana: The La Flor Dominicana Special Football Edition 2024 was announced
Other News
Boutique Cigar Association: Announced changes to its Board of Directors
Quality Importers Trading Company: Announced price Reductions to 100 SKUs for 2024
Cigar Reviews
Assessments
None this week
Agile Cigar Reviews
None this week
The Smoking Syndicate
Features and Blog
Feature Story
None this week
The Blog
My #1 Cigar of the Year Was Too Limited
Prime Time Podcasts
Prime Time Show
Prime Time Episode 293: Jack Heyer, Davidoff of Geneva
Prime Time Special Edition
Prime Time Special Edition 154: Mike Copperman & Cody Carden, CRA
Prime Time Jukebox
None this week
Let’s Get Pairing
Let’s Get Pairing – Episode 7: Mi Queida PapaSaka
Upcoming Schedule
1/22 Prime Time Jukebox Episode 119: Album Archaeology #14 – I/O, Peter Gabriel
1/25 Prime Time Episode 294: Norm Hooten & Tim Young, Hooten Young
1/30 Prime Time Special Edition 155: The 2024 Big Game Show w/ Jonathan Carney
On This Date…
On this date, Jan 20:
Jan 20, 2011: We previewed the Master by Carlos Toraño BFC.
Jan 20, 2012: We assessed the Oliva Serie V Maduro 2010.
Jan 20, 2013: We assessed the Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 Natural.
Jan 20, 2014: We assessed the Davidoff Madison Avenue 25th Anniversary.
Jan 20, 2015: We assessed the Cigar Oasis Wi-Fi Attachment.
Jan 20, 2016: We assessed the MBombay Corojo Oscuro Perfecto.
Jan 20 2017: We reported on the Viaje Circa 45 heading to U.S. Retailers
Jan 20, 2017: We reported on Kevin Schweitzer acquiring Vintage Rockefeller Cigar Group.
Jan 20, 2017: We reported on the Toraño Vault E-021 and W-00.
Jan 20, 2017: We reported on a bill that would allow Private Businesses to Decide Indoor Smoking Policy.
Jan 20, 2017: We assessed the Quesada Reserva Privada Oscuro Robusto (Part of the 2016 TAA Exclusive Series).
Jan 20, 2017: We reported on the Davidoff 702 Series.
Jan 20, 2017: We named the La Flor Dominicana Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 6 as our #3 Cigar of the Year.
Jan 20, 2018: We published Cigar Industry Report: Volume 7, Number 9 (1/20/18)
Jan 20, 2019: We assessed the La Palina El Año 1896 Robusto (2018)
Jan 20, 2020: We reported on AJ Fernandez New World Tins
Jan 20, 2020: We reported on Cavalier Genève confirming ttendance at 2020 PCA Trade Show
Jan 20, 2020: We reported on the Espinosa @ZUCAR
Jan 20, 2020: We published our the Company Performance Rankings for 2019
Jan 20, 2021: We published our Company Performance Rankings by Audience Readership for 2020
Jan 20, 2021: We reported on the return of the AVO Classic Belicoso
Jan 20, 2022: We assessed Protocol The Law
Jan 20, 2022: We announced our 2021 Small/Medium Company of the Year – JRE Tobacco Company
Jan 20, 2023: We published our The Smoking Syndicate Performance Rankings for 2022
Jan 20, 2023: We reported on United Cigars expanding into a new Distribution Center
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